OUR CORRESPONDENT, Tangail

A woman was allegedly raped on a moving bus by its driver and his assistants early yesterday on the Dhaka-Tangail highway.

Bus driver Md Altaf, 25, and his helpers, Md Sagar, 24, and Md Rabbi, 21, were arrested in connection with the incident, said Ruhul Amin, officer-in-charge of Tangail Sadar Police Station.

Police said the woman boarded a Savar Paribahan bus from Radio Colony in Savar around 11:30pm on Wednesday to go to the Ashulia Police Station to file a GD against her husband.

Quoting the victim, the OC said after two passengers got off, she was alone on the bus. Taking advantage of the situation, the driver and his helpers snatched her gold jewellery, money, and mobile phone, and raped her.

Based on suspicion, highway police halted the vehicle on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in the Karatia underpass area of Tangail Sadar upazila, rescued the woman, and arrested the three around 12:10pm yesterday.

“In the primary investigation, we have found evidence of the incident,” OC Ruhul told reporters. A rape case was filed against four people, including the arrestees, with Tangail Sadar Police Station, the OC said.