Magura, Sept 27 (UNB) - Police on Friday arrested a man in the Sadar upazila for allegedly taking part in the gang-rape of a woman in Dhaka.
The arrestee was identified as Nazrul Islam, 30, son of Abdur Rahman of Amuria village in Magura sadar upazila.
Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Magura Sadar Police Station, said Nazrul took advantage of the victim’s poor financial condition and took her to Dhaka on August 13, promising to send her to Saudi Arabia for work.
Nazrul, his friends Mokarram Ali, Arju Sheikh and two others took the woman to a house in Darus Salam area and gang-raped her.
The victim managed to flee from their clutches on Sept 12 and filed a written complaint after returning to Magura, the OC said.
Police are trying to arrest the other rapists, he said.