RANGPUR, Sept 20, 2022 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested an accused rapist on charge of gang raping a girl of Narsingdi from Salonga police station area in Sirajganj on Monday.
 
"The arrested man is Md. Apan, 25, of village Prasad Khawa in Boda upazila of Panchagarh district," a press release said today.
 
As per a case filed by the victim with Boda police station on September 12 last, a love affair developed between the victim and prime accused, Abdul Malek of Boda Upazila in Panchagarh after talking on a mobile phone nine months ago.

The girl came to Boda upazila on September 9 last from Narsingdi as Malek promised to marry her.
 
Malek in connivance with his friend Alamgir Hossain tactfully took the girl to an abandoned house in village Prashad Khawa in Boda upazila when their other friends Ashraful and Apan came there.
 
Later, Malek, Apan, Ashraful and Alamgir forcibly raped the girl in a nearby mango orchard on the same night.
 
On the next day, the victim filed a gang rape case against Malek and his three friends with Boda police station and police subsequently arrested prime accused Malek and Ashraful from the area.
 
Alongside the police, the elite force enforced intelligence activities and started a shadow investigation into the case to nab the two other absconding rapists Apan and Alamgir.
 
On a tip off, an operational team of RAB-13 conducted a raid at Salonga police station area in Sirajganj and arrested Apan on Monday.
 
"During interrogation, the arrested man admitted that he along with his three other friends raped the victim girl forcefully," the release said, adding that efforts were on to nab other absconding rapist Alamgir.
 
For taking further legal actions against the arrested rapist, the elite force handed him over to Boda police station in Panchagarh today.