Police have got seven days to interrogate Majnu, the lone suspect in the rape of a Dhaka University in the capital's Kurmitola.
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court remanded him on Thursday (Jan 9) after the Detective Branch sought 10 days' custody to quiz the suspect in a case started by the victim's father.
The 30-year-old was arrested on Tuesday (Jan 7) from the capital's Shewra rail crossing at Kurmitola near the crime scene.
The Rapid Action Battalion, which made the arrest, said that the suspect confessed during initial interrogation and that he was identified by the victim identified through a photograph.
The elite police unit later placed him into the custody of the police.
According to the case filed by the victim’s father, the second-year DU student was being followed by the suspect after she got off from the university's bus at Kurmitola stoppage. He then dragged her into a bush in a nearby secluded place and raped her sometime between 7 and 8pm.
The suspect also took away the victim’s mobile phone, watch, a bag and Tk 2,000 in cash, according to the case details.
After she regained consciousness at 10pm, she visited her friend’s house by autorickshaw and told her about the incident. Later, her classmates arrived and took her to the university’s hall. She was admitted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital after midnight.