Female tourist gang-raped in Cox’s Bazar

RAB says it has launched a manhunt for the perpetrators
 
A woman has allegedly been gang-raped by three men after going to Cox’s Bazar on a trip with her husband and their eight-month-old child.

Law enforcers rescued her from a hotel called Zia Guest Inn around 2am on Thursday, said RAB-15 chief Major Mehedi Hasan.

Quoting the woman, Hasan said the family went to Laboni Beach on Tuesday afternoon where the husband and a stranger got into an altercation after bumping into one another.

Then in the evening, some men picked up the husband and the child in an autorickshaw. Meanwhile, three others took the woman to a secluded place and raped her.

Later, they took her to Zia Guest Inn and raped her in turns once again. The three men then threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the rape and locked the door from the outside before leaving the place.

Major Hasan continued: “We rescued the family after receiving information about the matter. We have so far identified two of the three perpetrators.”

The authorities sent the rape survivor to the one-stop crisis centre of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, Cox’s Bazar Sadar police station OC Bipur Chandra De said a complaint has yet to be filed in connection with the rape.