JU gang rape:  Accused Mamun, Murad arrested

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Mamunur Rashid Mamun, a key accused in a case filed for allegedly gang-raping a woman at a jungle adjacent to the Jahangirnagar University campus after confining her husband at a university hall. 

RAB members arrested Mamun from the Farmgate area in the capital on Wednesday night. His accomplice Md Murad, a JU student, was detained from Naogaon.

Dhaka court has placed a BCL leader and three others on a three-day remand each in the case. The accused who were placed on the remand are BCL leader Mostafizur Rahman, student of the 45th batch of the International Relations Department, Sagar Siddiqui of the 46th batch, Sabbir Hasan Sagor of the 47th batch of the Botany Department and Hasanuzzaman of the 45th batch. 

On Saturday (February 3) night, two people allegedly raped a woman at a jungle adjacent to Jahangirnagar University (JU) after confining her husband at a university hall. The incident took place near Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall.