OUR CORRESPONDENT, Thakurgaon

A 28-year-old woman was raped while her one-and-a-half-year-old son was held at knifepoint in Panchagarh Sadar upazila on Friday night, according to a case filed yesterday.

The survivor was found unconscious with her child beside her near a roadside bush yesterday, said Abdullah Hil Zaman, officer-in-charge of Panchagarh Sadar Police Station.

She later filed the case, accusing four named and two to three unnamed individuals.

Police have so far arrested four: Jony Islam, 27; Biplob Hossain, 25; Moksedul Islam, 32; and Sadekul Islam, 32.

Speaking to reporters at a hospital, the survivor said, “As my husband left me some months ago, I moved to a place a few kilometers away from my parents’ house to search for a job. As my son fell ill that night, I was taking him to my parents. We were travelling on a three-wheeler. On the way, I noticed another easy bike following us.”

When they reached Tinmile area on the Panchagarh-Jagdal Road around 11:00pm, the vehicle following them caught up and stopped them.

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