A housewife was allegedly gang raped after she was made hostage at Bagha upazila in Rajshahi district on Monday night.
The victim filed a case with Bagha Police Station on Tuesday morning in this connection.
According to the case statement, victim’s husband is a day labourer. He went to Natore district for work.
In his absence, three persons –Jhuntu Malitha, 35, Suruj Malitha, 36, and Rujdar, 42-- of the area broke open the main gate of the house in Kaligram area around 11:30 pm on Monday, the case statement reads.
Hearing noise, the victim opened the door and the accused kept her hostage with a machete.
The accused, then, allegedly raped her in-turn.
The police station officer in-charge (OC) Nazrul Islam said accused Suruj was arrested from Kaligram area.
The victim was sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for medical test.