Robbery, gang-rape on moving bus: Two more accused held

Police have arrested two more accused in the case filed over the robbery and gang-rape on a moving bus in Tangail district.

The two accused - Md Awal, 30, a resident of Kanchanpur village, and Nurnabi, 26, of Shilaboho Pashchimpara, in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur, were apprehended from the upazila early Friday.

Superintendent of Tangail Police (SP) Sarker Mohammad Kaiser came up with disclosure in a press conference at his office this afternoon.

Earlier, detectives arrested Raja Miah, the main accused in the sensational case, and resident of Bolla village in Kalihati upazila of Tangail, from New Bus Terminal area of the district early Thursday. 

Later, Tangail Senior Judicial Magistrate Court Judge Badal Kumar Chanda placed him on a five-day remand after police had produced him before the court, seeking a seven-day remand. 

It is to be noted that, a bus of Eagle Paribahan with 30-35 passengers was going to Dhaka from Kushtia. A group of robbers boarded the bus when it made a stopover at a hotel in Sirajganj. 

Later, they gang-raped a female passenger after looting mobiles, cash money, and ornaments from other passengers of the bus in Madhupur upazila of Tangail on Tuesday night.

Arif Ur Rahman Togor/SU