ASI held over ex-wife rape

COX'S BAZAR, June 17 (UNB): An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police was arrested from the beach town on Wednesday in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a female police constable in the capital.

The arrestee was identified as Kalimur Rahman, ex-husband of the victim.

Motiur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar thana, said a team of detectives from Dhaka arrested Kalimur from Kolatoli beach on Wednesday morning.

Earlier on Tuesday, doctors at the Forensic Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in a test found the evidence of rape of the female police constable.

Sources at DMCH's One Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) told the news agency that the evidence of rape of the policewoman has been found in the forensic test and they have already received the test report.

The 24-year-old female police constable of Turag thana was gang-raped allegedly by her ex-husband ASI Rahman and his five associates in a Khilgaon house in the city on June 11.

On June 13, she lodged a complaint with Khilgaon thana in this connection. Later, she was admitted to the DMCH. The victim also underwent the forensic test the following day.

The victim's ex-husband went into hiding since the female constable lodged the complaint with the Khilgaon thana.