Star Report

At least 19 people were arrested on rape charges across the country in less than 24 hours since Thursday evening.

Of them, eight persons, including a female, were arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a 22-year-old housewife in Chattogram yesterday.

The gang-rape incident took place early yesterday when the victim was returning to her residence from adjacent Rangunia upazila.

She took a rickshaw from Bahaddarhat CNB area on her way back to home. A group of eight to 10 persons on CNG-run auto-rickshaw stopped her in Maulavi Pukurpar area.

Later, they dragged her beside a dustbin and gang-raped around 12:30am, police said.

Local police was informed about the incident by the One-stop Crisis Centre at Chattogram Medical College Hospital around 4:30am, Bijoy Boshak, deputy commissioner (north) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police, said.