Three held for raping mentally challenged girl

SYLHET, July 04 (UNB): Police have arrested three young men in Sylhet's Kanaighat upazila on charges of abducting and gang-raping a mentally challenged girl. A court sent the accused to jail on Friday.

The arrested individuals are Shuvankar Das, 27, a microbus driver from Umagor village in Kanaighat's Sadar union; Babul Ahmed, 28, a CNG auto rickshaw driver from Beerdol Kochupara village; and Fahad Mia, 25, a pickup van driver from Chatigram village.

According to the case statement, the incident occurred on Tuesday night (July 1) when the girl went to bed with her mother. Around 1:00 am, her mother woke to find the girl missing and the door of their house open.

The next morning, locals spotted the girl in a disoriented state with torn clothes at Baluchar in Kayasthagram village under South Banigram union of the upazila. Family members rushed to the scene and brought her home. During questioning, the girl said that three individuals had sexually assaulted her.