Dhaka: Police in separate operations arrested two individuals accused in a gang rape case from Dhaka and Chattogram on April 6 and 8. The arrested individuals were identified as Md. Hasib Chowdhury, aged 27, and Atiq Hossain Bhuiyan, aged 29.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, a press release from the police revealed that a team from Tejgaon Police Station apprehended the accused in the capital’s Airport Police Station area and the Chandgaon area of Chattogram. In addition to the arrests, law enforcers seized a private car, pen drives, laptops, and mobile phones, which contained videos of multiple sexual assaults.
The police stated that Hasib Chowdhury had established contact with the rape victim through Instagram about a month prior. This online interaction eventually led to a friendship. On April 4, Hasib invited the victim for a drive in his private car, where his friend Atiq was also present. They drove around various parts of the city before deciding to head home around 9:30 pm.
During the ride
, the accused allegedly coerced the victim into consuming alcohol mixed with a soft drink, impairing her consciousness. As part of a premeditated plan, they took her to a room at Imperial Hotel in Shaheen Bagh, under Tejgaon Police Station, which they had rented earlier. The suspects allegedly detained and gang-raped the victim overnight, recording the assault on a mobile phone.
The following morning, they abandoned the victim beneath the Kuril flyover and fled the scene. Following the victim’s complaint, a case was filed with Tejgaon Police Station.
With the aid of technology, police swiftly tracked the accused’s whereabouts and conducted separate raids in Dhaka and Chattogram. Atiq Hossain Bhuiyan was apprehended from the Airport Police Station area of the capital on April 6, 2025, while Hasib Chowdhury was arrested from the Chandgaon area of Chattogram on April 8, 2025.
The court granted permission for their interrogation, and the two were placed on police remand. Following the interrogation, the main a
ccused, Hasib Chowdhury, was presented before the court, where he confessed to his crime and provided a confessional statement.