Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the prime suspect of a gang-rape of a teenage girl after abducting her from old Dhaka's Lalbagh area.
The arrested youth Monir Hossain Shuvo, 22, is a BBA student.
Another one named Al Amin, who was with Shuvo, is on the run.
A team of RAB arrested Shuvo from Lalbagh area early Thursday, said Khandaker Al Moin, RAB's legal and media wing director, at a press conference on Thursday (Feb 17).
Shuvo and Al Amin picked up the teenage girl around 10am on February 12 forcefully while she was on the way for private tuition, he said, adding they raped the teenager keeping her confined for four days.
later, on Wednesday (Feb 16), the victim was thrown off from a car at Dhaka University's TSC area at night. She is currently undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital's one-stop crisis centre.
BDST: 1603 HRS, FEB 17, 2022
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