Five men have been arrested over an alleged gang rape of a garment worker at two hotels in Kuakata.

The arrestees are Saiful Islam, 57, Alamgir Hossain, 42, Rubel Chowkidar, 35, Khalilur Rahman, 35, and Saidur Rahman Sumon, 26, local police said at a press briefing yesterday.

The victim, a resident of Dinajpur’s Parbatipur upazila and a mother of two, works at a readymade garment factory in the capital, said Mainul Hasan, superintendent of police in Patuakhaii.

Jalal Uddin Ahmed, additional SP (Kolapara circle), said the victim had developed a relationship with one Shahidul Islam over phone.

"Shahidul took her to a relative's place after she reached Kuakata Sunday morning. He asked his friend Alamgir to help her get back to the capital and left.

"But instead, Alamgir took her to Bengal Guest House and confined her to a room," the SP said, quoting the victim.

Alamgir, Saidur, manager at Bengal

Guest House, and the three other accused raped her at night while holding her hostage, he said.

The next morning, they took her to another hotel "Jamuna", where Saiful is a manager, and raped her there again. Around 10:00pm, police rescued the victim and caught the five while raiding the hotel on a tip-off, said the SP.

The process of filing a case with Mohipur Police station was underway. The victim was sent to the 250-bed sadar hospital for medical tests, Ahmed told the reporters.