DHAKA: Bangladesh police have arrested Four men over the rape of a teenager whose head was shaved as punishment by the accused´s wife in a case that has shocked the conservative country, an official said on Sunday.
Police detained the Four men including Tufan Sarker, a unionist linked to the ruling Awami League party, after pictures of the victim and her mother at hospital with shaved heads caused outrage.
A manhunt is still underway for Sarker´s wife Asha Khatun, who is accused of dragging the teenager and her mother to their home, beating them and forcibly shaving their heads. Sarker, 25, has been charged with raping the 16-year-old at home on Friday, said local police spokesman Sonaton Chakroborty. "He threatened to kill her and her mother if she would dare to talk to anyone about the incident," he told AFP.
A**ther ******r told AFP that Sarker was a local leader of the labour wing of the Awami League, which has been ruling Bangladesh for most of the last decade. —AFP
07-31-2017, 06:08 PM
Four arrested as Bangladesh teenager raped, head shaved
DHAKA: Bangladesh police have arrested Four men over the rape of a teenager whose head was shaved as punishment by the accused´s wife in a case that has shocked the conservative country, an official said on Sunday.
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