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Probe body grills Raintree hotel authority

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Published: 13:07, 25 May 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Probe body grills Raintree hotel authority

Staff Correspondent: The authority of the Raintree hotel appeared before the probe committee formed by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) following the alleged rape of two university girls in the capital's posh area Banani.

The hotel's Managing Director (MD) Shah Md Adnan Harun and General Manager Frank Forget along with a lawyer appeared before the commission around 4:00pm on Thursday.

Members of the probe committee started interrogating the two heads of the hotel minutes after they appeared before it.

The NHRC on May 8 formed the probe committee following the alleged rape of two university girls in the capital's posh area Banani on March 28.

Earlier on May 23, the probe committee in a letter asked authority of the Raintree hotel to appear before the NHRC office today (May 25) following the alleged rape.

Two private university girls went to Raintree hotel, a residential and upscale hotel at Banani in the capital, to attend the birthday party of Shafat Ahmed around 9:00pm on March 28.

Later, the two prime accused -- Shafat and Nayem Ashraf-- 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 one while Nayem another.

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.

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