The lone suspect in the case over raping a Dhaka University student in the capital's Kurmitola has given his confessional statement before a magistrate.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzel Hossain recorded the statement of the accused, Majnu, on Thursday (Jan 16) after police produced him on completion of a 7-day remand to the 30-year-old man.
The court then sent him to the jailcourt.
On Jan 9, a Dhaka court put Majnu on a seven-day remand two days after he was arrested from the capital's Shewra rail crossing at Kurmitola near the crime scene.
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.