Medical tests carried out more than a month after two university students claimed they were raped at a Banani hotel have found no evidence that the victims were sexually violated. Dhaka Medical College Forensic Medicine Department chief Dr Shohel Mahmud says rape victims need to be examined as soon as possible after the incident. Click here to read more stories on Banani rape caseThe victims filed a case with Banani police on May 6 saying they were raped at Raintree hotel on the night of March 28. Shafat Ahmed, Shadman Sakif, Nayem Ashraf, Shafat’s driver Billal Hossain and his bodyguard Rahmat Ali were accused in the case. “We formed a five-member medical board,” Dr Mahmud said, again stressing that they found no evidence of rape because of the delay.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 01, 2017 09:05 UTC