Online desk ; A rape case was filed against a young man after he was called in Bagmara Police Station in Rajshahi for resolving their conjugal dispute through arbitration.
Police on Tuesday sent Arman Hossain, a college student, to jail after showing him arrested in the case.
It was learnt that Arman, son of Anisur Rahman of village Bujrukkour in the upazila, married a schoolgirl of his area six months ago after having a love affair.
The groom’s family took the girl to the house after arranging a marriage ceremony in October. Since then, the newly wed couple have been living together.
But, a dispute occurred between them a week ago over a family matter. Regarding the feud, the bride’s family lodged a complaint to the police station.
The police called both the families to the station on Monday afternoon saying that the dispute would be resolved through an arbitration.
During the meeting, members of both the families became angry and locked into an altercation. At one stage, sub-inspector (SI) Amirul Islam picked Arman from the meeting and took him into the custody.
Later, he asked the bride to file a rape case. Receiving the rape case, the sub-inspector sent Arman to jail on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the case statement, the schoolgirl was raped by Arman with the promise of marriage after being introduced through a relative. It also reads that the girl was taken to different places and raped several times.
Meanwhile, Arman’s father alleged that police lodged a rape a case against his son after calling him to the police station for an arbitration.
Expressing his frustrations about the role of law enforcers in this regard, he said his son married the girl and also shown some documents of the marriage.
When contacted, SI Amirul denied the allegation. He said he did not know whether they were married or not.
However, the girl’s mother could not be contacted for a comment in this regard.
