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Noakhali gang rape: OC withdrawn

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Update: 2019-01-16 13:13:06
Noakhali gang rape: OC withdrawn

NOAKHALI: Officer-in-charge (OC) of Char Jabbar police station has been withdrawn for his negligence in discharging duty over the gang rape of a woman in Subarnachar upazila.

Md Elias Sharif, Superintendent of Noakhali police, on Tuesday (Jan 15) night, told Banglanews that OC Md Nizam Uddin has been withdrawn for negligence in his duty and transferred to district police lines.”

"Md Shahed Uddin, OC (investigation) of Sudharam police station, replaced Nizam Uddin," he added.

A total of eleven suspects, including Awami League leader Ruhul Amin, the mastermind of the incident, were arrested so far.

Eight of arrestees in the gang-rape case gave confessional statement before the court. Two more accused are being interrogated in police custody while another was undergoing treatment at a hospital due his illness.

The victim alleged that Ruhul Amin threatened her while she was returning home after voting for ‘paddy sheaf’ on Sunday (Dec 30). At the night, a group of 10 men raped her after tying her husband and children at her residence.

The husband of the 32-year-old woman filed a case with Char Jabbar Police Station, accusing nine persons except Ruhul Amin.

BDST: 1300 HRS, JAN 16, 2019
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