Henchu Majhi, 29, was arrested from Daudkandi in Cumilla on Friday morning, said Md Abul Khair, officer-in-charge of the detective branch of district police. He hails from Madhyambagya village of Charjubli Union in Noakhali’s Subornachar Upazila, where a woman was gang-raped in the night following the general election on Dec 30. The victim said the attackers were ‘accomplices’ of Ruhul Amin, then publicity secretary of the Subornachar wing of the Awami League. The following night Ruhul was arrested while he was hiding at a poultry farm at Noakhali Sadar Upazila. Of those arrested, Ruhul Amin, Hasan Ali Bulu, Badshah Alam Basu, Jasim Uddin, Md Sohel, Swapan, Bechu and Murad have been taken in for five days of remand in police custody.

Source: bd News24 January 11, 2019 08:37 UTC