SSC Student Abducted and Gang-Raped, Two Arrested in Cumilla

Staff Reporter

In Chandina, Cumilla, an SSC examinee was abducted from an auto-rickshaw and gang-raped in a crop field’s shallow machine room by a group of perpetrators. The victim filed a complaint on Friday morning, leading to the arrest of two individuals. The case names two accused and includes four unidentified individuals.

The arrested individuals are Md. Soaeb from Noagaon village and Ratan Chandra Sarkar from Nalua village in Joag Union, Chandina Upazila, Cumilla.

According to the case details, the victim, a school student, is a resident of Kachua Upazila in Chandpur district. She is set to appear for the SSC examination in 2025 from a high school in Kachua. On the afternoon of March 19, she went to Kailain Bazar, a border area between Chandina and Kachua Upazilas, to meet a friend regarding exam-related matters.

On her way back home in an auto-rickshaw after dusk, 5-6 youths stopped the vehicle, dragged her out, and took her to a shallow machine room in a crop field. There, they tied up the auto-rickshaw driver and gang-raped her. After some time, the perpetrators left the victim and the driver at the scene. When the victim regained consciousness, she untied the driver, who then took her home. The victim filed a case at the police station on Friday.

Chandina Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Jabedul Islam stated that two suspects were arrested immediately from the scene. After the victim filed the case the next day, the accused were sent to jail through a court order.