Disabled woman ‘raped’ in bus by driver in Tangail

A mentally disabled woman has been allegedly raped in a standing bus by its driver in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail.

The incident took place at the east end of Bangabandhu Bridge in the upazila early Friday.

Police arrested the helper of the bus Nazmul, 22, who gave a confessional statement to a Senior Judicial Magistrate in a Tangail Court under Section 164 in this regard in the evening on the same day, said Mosharaf Hossain, officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station. 

In the statement, Nazmul told the court that the woman, aged around 28, along with others boarded the bus at Tangail Bus Terminal around 12:00am, the OC said. 

The bus reached the Bangabandhu Bridge east end bus stand at Pathailkandi around 12:30am, the helper said in the statement.

All passengers, except the woman, had got down from the bus at different stoppages by then, he said.

After seeing the woman alone, driver Alam raped her in the bus while Nazmul was present there during the crime, the OC said quoting Nazmul.

Hearing the woman screaming for help, a night guard informed the matter to a police patrol team and the law enforcers rescued the woman from the bus and arrested the helper. The rapist driver, however, managed to escape, OC Mosharaf said.

The woman was admitted to the Tangail General Hospital and her medical tests were held there at noon on Friday.

Earlier, Noor Alam, a sub-inspector of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station, filed a case with the police station in this regard on Friday morning, the OC also said.

Police seized the bus and are trying to arrest the rapist driver, he added.

Source: thedailystar