DB police have arrested Sohel Rosario, identified as the key suspect in a case filed over the rape of a private university student in Savar on October 14.

Officer-in-Charge Jalal Uddin of Dhaka District North Detective Branch confirmed the arrest on Monday morning, saying that Sohel, 37, was detained from Kaliganj in Gazipur on Sunday night following multiple raids.

Police said Sohel, son of Santosh Rosario of Goalpara area under Komlapur in Birulia Union, Savar, is now in DB custody and will be handed over to the concerned police station.

The second suspect, Biplob Rosario aka Tilok, 40, remains absconding, while the third accused, Mithun Biswas, 35, was earlier arrested from Tejkunipara area in Dhaka’s Tejgaon on Saturday night.

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He has since been placed on a two-day remand.

According to the case statement, the incident occurred on the evening of October 14, when the victim, a second-year student of International Relations at a private university, was allegedly raped by Sohel and his two accomplices.

According to police, the accused lured her to a tin-shed house in Goailpara, Komlapur, on the pretext of dropping her home after a private tutoring session near Begunbari School in Birulia Union.

The survivor later filed a case with Savar Model Police Station.