Manikganj ‘rape’: 2 cops on 6-day remand

Two police officers who were arrested on charge of raping a woman early today, have been placed on a 6-day remand.

Judge Md Golam Sarwar of Judicial Magistrate Court-7 passed the order of the remand at noon after the investigation officer and officer-in-charge of Saturia Police Station Abul Kalam Azad produced them before the court with a remand prayer of 10 days.

The arrested police officers are Sub-inspector Sekendar Hossain and Assistant Sub-inspector Mazharul Islam.

Earlier, both the officers of Saturia Police Station have been withdrawn and attached to Manikganj Police Lines following the allegation. A probe body was also formed over the incident.

Hafizur Rahman, additional superintendent of police (Sadar circle) in the district and head of the probe body, said the committee members had enquired about the allegation and talked to the victim yesterday.

The 22-year-old woman filed a case against the duo on Monday evening.

The woman claimed that she had been held captive for two days last week and repeatedly raped by the police officers. 

The woman met the superintendent of police in Manikganj on Sunday and informed him that Sekendar borrowed Tk 1 lakh from her aunt five years ago. 

He was supposed to give back Tk 3 lakh with interest. She and her aunt went to Saturia Police Station on Wednesday afternoon to meet Sekendar.

After meeting them, Sekendar took them to Saturia Rest House. A few minutes later, ASI Mazharul went there, she said.

The police officials then confined her aunt to one room and forced her to take yaba pills in another. She was raped several times until they were freed on Friday morning.