Two sisters raped in Barisal, two held

Criminals raped two siblings at Rajapur village in Mehendiganj upazila of the district yesterday.

Police arrested one Alamgir Hossain, 35, and his associate Moyna Begum, 16, of the village.

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Last week, the victims' mother went to visit their father working in Dhaka. The couple has three daughters.

Police said on Monday evening, neighbour Moyna Begum, daughter of Moslem Mia, came to visit the three sisters, students of a local school, at their home and offered them soft drinks. After having the drinks, the trio became unconscious.

Early in the morning, one of the sisters regained her sense and found Alamgir and another youth violating her two siblings.

When she cried for help, the accused fled the scene, giving them death threat.

A case was filed with Mehendiganj Police Station in connection with the incident, officer-in-charge Ujjal Kumar Dey said, adding that they are raiding different areas to arrest the other accused.

The victims were sent to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital for medical test, said the OC.

In Munshiganj, police arrested a madrasa teacher on charge of raping a female student in Sirajdikhan upazila of the district yesterday, reports our correspondent.

The arrestee is Abdul Hamid, teacher of Azizia Maksudul Ulum Madrasa in Isapur union.

The victim's mother alleged that Hamid raped the eighth grader of the madrasa in a room of the institution in the morning.

On information, police arrested the teacher at the madrasa in the afternoon, said Yeardous Hasan, officer-in-charge of Sirajdikhan Police Station.