Police have arrested two men in Dinajpur’s Hakimpur, commonly known as Hili, following allegations that a woman was held at a house for several days and sexually assaulted after she went there to seek repayment of money owed to her. A third suspect named in the case remains at large.
Hakimpur police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Badsha Alam confirmed the arrests on Sunday (4 October).
According to police and the case statement, the woman’s mother filed a complaint at Hakimpur police station on Sunday morning. The complaint alleges that the woman went to the house of Mohammad Ruhul Amin, also known as Rimon, in Palpara area of Ward No. 6 of Hakimpur Municipality to collect money that was owed to her.
She was allegedly kept at the house from 30 September until 3 October against her will, according to the complaint.
The case statement further alleges that during this period, Ruhul Amin, Shukur Ali, 55, and Ferdous Mia, 50, sexually assaulted the woman against her wishes. It also alleges that the suspects recorded the incidents on mobile phones and threatened to circulate the footage on social media.
The allegations came to the attention of local residents, who went to the house and detained two of the accused. Police were subsequently alerted through the national emergency service 999.
Officers from Hakimpur police station went to the location, took the two men into custody and rescued the woman. Police later arrested Ruhul Amin, also known as Rimon, and Mohammad Shukur Ali in connection with the case and sent them to court.
Ferdous Mia, the third person named as a suspect, remains at large, police said.
A case alleging gang rape has been filed at Hakimpur police station on the basis of the complaint submitted by the woman’s mother. The allegations are now under investigation, and police are taking steps to locate the remaining suspect.
OC Badsha Alam said a case had been filed and that the investigation was ongoing. He added that efforts were being made to arrest the fugitive suspect.
As the investigation proceeds, the allegations will be examined by police in accordance with the case proceedings. The arrests and filing of the case follow the initial complaint, while the full circumstances surrounding the incident remain subject to investigation.
