Banani rape: Nayem sent to jail after confessing at court

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Thursday has sent Nayem Ashraf, one of the five accused in a case filed over allegedly raping two private university girls at The Raintree Hotel in the capital's Banani area, to jail after the completion of his confessional statement over the incident.

Earlier in the day, Ismat Ara Amy, sub-inspector (SI) of the Women Support and Investigation Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), also the investigation officer of the case, produced Nayem before the court after the completion of his seven-day remand.

The investigation officer filed an application to the court for recording Nayem's confessional statement over the incident as he willingly agreed for it.

Following the application, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Shikder recorded Nayem’s confessional statement at his chamber and later sent him to jail, according to the court sources.

On May 17, Nayem was arrested from Munshiganj’s Lohajang and remanded for seven days the following day.

Shafat Ahmed and Shadman Sakif, both are accused of the twin rape, gave confessional statement to the court on May 18. Shafat's driver Billal Hossain also gave the confessional statement while his bodyguard Rahamat Ali was sent to jail after remand in this connection.

One of the rape victims filed a case with Banani Police Station on May 6 accusing five people.

Of the accused, Shafat Ahmed, 26, and Nayem Ashraf, 30, were sued for raping the two female university students while Shadman Shakif, 24, Shafat's driver Billal, 26, and his bodyguard Rahamat Ali for abetting in the crime.

According to the case statement, the plaintiff along with her friend went to a residential hotel at Banani to attend the birthday party of Shafat around 9:00pm on March 28.

The two prime accused -- Shafat and Nayem -- confined them to two rooms of the hotel at gunpoint after the rooftop birthday party was over at midnight. The two girls were made to drink liquor before being raped. Shafat raped the plaintiff while Nayem her friend.

Shafat's driver Billal filmed the incident, she said in the FIR adding that they got introduced with Shafat and Nayem through Shadman Shakif.

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