A youth was arrested at Kabirhat in Noakhali district on Thursday on charge of rape of a widow.
The arrested accused was sent to the district jail through the court of law on Thursday afternoon.
Earlier, police arrested accused Arman Hossain Lalu from village Nabagram at Dhansiri union under Kabirhat upazila on Wednesday night.
The 21-yearold Lalu is the son of Monir Hossain of village Uttar Jagadananda at Ward No. 4 in Dhansiri union under the upazila.
Police said being the complainant, the victim’s brother filed a case with Kabirhat Police Station accusing six persons under the Woman and Child Repression Prevention Act on October 3.
The case statement reads that widow lives at her house alone.
At one stage, sex offender Arman paid his attention to the widow. Along with his three accomplices, he went to the victim’s house several months ago. Later at a gunpoint, Arman raped the widow against her will and she became five months’ pregnant.
Kabirhat Police Station’s officer-in-charge (OC) Mirza Mohammad Hasan said police sent prime accused Arman to the district jail arresting him after the victim’s brother filed a case.❐
