Close on the heels of the gang-rape of a woman in Subarnachar Upazila of Noakhali right the national election, another woman has reportedly gang-raped in the district’s Kabirhat Upazila.
The incident was reported from the Upazila's Nabogram village early Saturday (Jan 19).
The victim, 29, a mother of three, filed a case with the local police Station accusing four people of committing the misdeed.
Police arrested an accused, Zakir Hossain, 28, a vendor and son of Enamul Haque of the village, Kabirhat police OC Mirza Md Hasan told Bangla Tribune.
Locals said the victim has been living at her residence along with her two daughters and a son as her husband is now in jail in a political case.
According to the case statement, Zakir along with his three accomplices broke into her house in the early hours taking advantage of her husband’s absence.
They held the victim at and her three children hostage and raped her in turns.
The victim’s husband was arrested on Dec 23 in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act over a clash between supporters of Awami League and BNP that took place on Dec 11
The victim has been sent to the public hospital at the district town for medical examination, said OC Hasan.