Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police nabbed Shahid Mia, the prime accused in a case filed over the attempted rape, from the old bus station in Sunamganj town.
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Md Mizanur Rahman, superintendent of Sunamganj Police, confirmed this.
On December 27, Police Bureau of Investigation arrested Shahid’s assistant Rashid from Chhatak’s Burairgaon.
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On December 26, the college student boarded a Derai-bound bus from Lamakazi of Sylhet.
When the bus reached Sujanagar village at 9pm, the victim found that she was the only passenger on the bus.
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Seeing that there was nobody else on board except the 11th grader, the driver and his assistant tried to rape her.
To escape rape, the college student jumped off the moving bus, seriously injuring herself.
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Her father filed a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act against Shahid and Rashid on December 26 night.
The 11th grader is now undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital.
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