Banani rape accused remanded

Staff Correspondent: A court in Dhaka has granted six-day remand for quizzing Shafat Ahmed and five-day remand for Shadman Sakif in a case filed over raping the two private university girls at an upscale hotel in Banani area of Dhaka.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Raihan Ul Islam passed the order after Ismat Ara Ami, inspector of Victim Support Centre, produced Safat and Sadman to the court seeking a 10-day police custody for each on Friday.

Earlier, on Thursday night police arrested Safat Ahmed and Sadman Sakif from Sylhet city's Pathantula area in connection with the case.

The two victims gave their judicial statements before a court in Dhaka in the case on Thursday.

Metropolitan Magistrate Nurun Nahar Yasmin recorded statements of the victims under section of 22 of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.

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

Of the accused, Safat and Nayeem were sued for raping the two female university students while Sadman Sakif, Safat's driver Billal, 26, and his unnamed bodyguard 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 Safat at about 9:00pm on March 28.

The two prime accused -- Safat and Nayeem -- 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. Safat raped the plaintiff while Nayeem her friend.

Safat's driver Billal filmed the incident, she said in the FIR adding that they got introduced with Safat and Nayeem through Sadman Sakif.

risingbd/DHAKA/May 12, 2017/Mamun Khan/Amirul