2 fourth grader cousins gang raped in Jatrabari

Two cousins of Meer Hajaribagh area of Dhaka’s Jatrabari have been hospitalised after they were gang raped by some local youths Saturday night. The girls are students of class IV at a local government primary school. They are undergoing treatment at the Victim Support Centre of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Police and locals said four youths picked up the girls from the street around 10pm on the day and raped them in an under-construction building at Nabinbagh. Locals informed the police after learning about the incident. One Yasin Patwari, 20, was arrested from the spot while his accomplices, including Rifat and Rabbi, fled the scene. Two cases were filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act against four persons including Yasin, Officer-in-Charge of Jatrabari police station Anisur Rahman told the Dhaka Tribune.