DU student who escaped from jail, rapist Majnu arrested for life
September 22, 20242 Mins Read
Jumbangla Desk: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Khilkhet Thana police have arrested Majnu, the only accused who was sentenced to life in the case of Cantonment police station in the case of rape of Dhaka University student in Kurmitola.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police

This matter was confirmed by the officer in charge of DMP Khilkhet police station. Azharul Islam and Cantonment police officer in charge Abdul Alim.

Azharul Islam, OC of Khilkhet police station, said that on Saturday (September 21), a team of Khilkhet police station arrested Majnu, the only convicted accused of raping a girl student of Dhaka University in Kurmitola, from the railway line behind Kuratali BRTC bus counter at midnight on Saturday (September 21). Majnu was handed over to the Cantonment Police after his arrest.

In this regard, Cantonment police officer in-charge Abdul Alim said that life sentence Majnu was imprisoned in Kashimpur jail in Gazipur. But after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5, he escaped from the prison and went into hiding during the attack on the prison. Another case has been registered in his name in Gazipur Kashimpur police station.

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Incidentally, the Dhaka University student was raped on the side of a deserted road in Kurmitola after getting off the bus of Dhaka University on January 5, 2020. The next day, his father filed a case at the Cantonment police station. When the news of the rape spread, there were protests in different parts of the country, including Dhaka University, demanding the arrest and trial of the rapist. Later, there was a movement against rape and violence against women across the country and the highest punishment for rapists was the death penalty. RAB arrested Majnu (30) three days after the incident of rape of that student. Majnu's photo was sent to the student who identified her as the rape victim. After the investigation, on March 16 of that year, the police filed a charge sheet in the court accusing only Majnu. At the end of the judicial proceedings, on November 19 of that year, the judge of the Seventh Women and Children Torture Suppression Tribunal of Dhaka was removed. In this case discussed by Kamrunnahar. Majnu was sentenced to life imprisonment. Source: DMP News