STAR REPORT

Two men were sent to jail yesterday over separate rape charges, while a teenage boy was stabbed as he resisted a rape attempt on him.

In Jashore, Rocky, 30, allegedly entered a house in the Chanchra Magurpatti area around 1:30am yesterday and raped a woman and her teenage niece.

The victims were asleep in the house, while other family members were outside, said the members.

After the accused left the scene, the woman informed her husband about the incident.

The husband later filed a case with Kotwali Police Station.

Police subsequently arrested Rocky and produced him before a court, which sent him to jail yesterday, said Masud Khan, officer-in-charge of the police station.

In Patuakhali, a court sent a youth to jail yesterday for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl with intellectual and visual disabilities.

The accused, Sabbir Khan, 19, is from Baufal upazila.

According to the case filed by the victim’s mother, the rape incident occurred sometime between March 5 and March 30 when the girl went to a neighbour’s garden.

After a medical examination later confirmed that the girl was three months pregnant, she disclosed the incident to her family.

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