2 more arrested in case of gang rape in Lakshmipur

Laxmipur Represent

The police have arrested two more accused in the house of a woman (35) in Ramgati upazila of Laxmipur and arrested two more accused on Tuesday night and they will be produced in court on Wednesday and a seven-day remand will be applied for.

Police raided two accused named Arif Hossain (23) and Md Alauddin (35) from Char Kalimullah village of Noakhali. The two of them are Ramgati upazila. After the incident, two accused Jamal Hossain (27) and Md. Sohail was arrested and the court granted them a 5-day remand on Tuesday.

On Sunday morning, 5 youths broke the door of the house and raped the woman, and the next Monday morning, local people rescued the woman from the garden next to her hands, feet and face.

According to police and local sources, the victim woman's husband has died. Only Meter is living in another area. She lives alone. After the rape incident, local people rescued her on Monday morning and admitted her to Nokhali General Hospital. On the same day she filed the Ramgati police station rape incident. Five people have been accused.

Ramgati police officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Solaiman said, "So far, four accused have been arrested. The operation is underway to arrest another accused. The despicable incident is being investigated in the seriousness of the incident."