Police arrested Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) deputy director Sanjib Kumar Singh from the capital’s Dhanmondi area for allegedly raping and torturing a woman.

A case in this regard has been registered with Dhanmondi police station. 

Dhanmondi Police Station OC Parvez Islam confirmed the matter.

He said Sanjib Kumar was arrested in a case filed by the victim under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act on Friday (August 25).

Sanjib Kumar Singh was produced before a court on Saturday seeking remand. But the court allowed police to question him at the jail gate, he said.

According to the case statement, Sanjib first developed an illicit relationship with the victim in 2013, later several times victim was raped and that was secretly videotaped. 

In 2014, Sanjib tactfully took the woman to a flat at Dhanmondi and allegedly raped her there, and the videoed the incident. Since then, he has violated the woman for six to seven years threatening her to spread the videos on social media, said case statement.

The victim in her statement alleged that Sanjib called her on August 15 last at the Dhanmondi flat and raped her and attempted to kill her.

The woman also complained that she was physically tortured and confined at home.

BDST: 1807 HRS, AUGUST 27, 2023
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