A team from Special Response Battalion (SRB)-2 has arrested a “pir”, Md Sohel Rana, 46, an accused in a rape case, from the Nurjahan Road area of Mohammadpur in the capital on Saturday night based on intelligence information.
SRB-2 Deputy Director (Media) Major M Mubeen Rahman Tapas confirmed the matter late Saturday night.
He said that the victim is a cultural worker who had become acquainted with Sohel Rana through her husband’s business connections. Later, on the pretext of providing medical treatment for a physical illness, Sohel called the victim to a house on Nurjahan Road in Mohammadpur, where she was allegedly raped, according to the case statement.
Following the incident, the victim filed a case as the plaintiff against Sohel Rana at Mohammadpur Police Station on Wednesday under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
Major Tapas added that the procedure to take further legal action against the arrested Sohel Rana is currently underway.
