College girl killed after gang rape on running bus, 5 held

Police arrested five people from Mymensingh on Monday night over the killing of a college girl after gang rape on a running bus in Tangail’s Madhupur.

Three of the arrestees bus helper Akram, Shamim, and Jahangir confessed before a court on Tuesday to their crime. The two other arrestees are bus driver Habib and his supervisor Safar.

The deceased girl, Jakia Sultana Rumpa, 27, completed her master’s from Bogra Azizul Haque College and was studying law at Dhaka Ideal Law College. She was working at Unilever Bangladesh Limited at its Sherpur branch.

Victim's relatives said Jakia was returning Sherpur after attending the teacher registration examination in Mymensingh on Friday.

Officer-in-charge of Madhupur police station Shafiqul Islam said they recovered the bloodstained body of the girl from Panchmail area of the upazila on Friday night.

Following post-mortem, she was buried at the town central graveyard, he said.

Later, victim's relatives identified her seeing her photograph.

Source: unb