Four arrested over rape of 19-year-old girl in Jashore

Four arrested on the charge of rape of a girl in Jashore

Jashore, Mar 17 - Police have arrested four men in a case filed for raping a 19-year-old girl in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore.

The arrestees are Yasin Arafat (22), son of Mizanur Rahman; Javed Hossain (28), son of Zakir Hossain; Mamun Hossain Bappi (21), son of Shariful Islam; and Aminur Rahman (20), son of Ujjal Hossain. All of them are from Patuyapara village of Godkhali Union Parishad (UP), said Jhikargacha Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Babulur Rahman Khan on Sunday.

The accused were arrested on Sunday evening using mobile tracking after police received a 999 call. The victim was also rescued from the crime scene, said the OC.

The incident took place around 3:30 pm on Sunday in a lychee orchard in the upazila.

According to police, the victim was returning from Benapole Khalabari when she got off at a flower shop owned by one of the accused, Aminur Rahman. There, she met the four men. Under the pretext of showing her a flower garden, they lured her to a lychee orchard owned by Javed Hossain, where they raped her.

Following the incident, Additional Superintendent of Police Noor-e-Alam Siddiqui and Navaran (Circle) ASP Nishat Al Nahiyaan visited the crime scene as part of the ongoing investigation. - UNB