Police in Chaugachha, Jashore, have arrested Arafat Hossain Rabbi, senior joint general secretary of Chaugachha Government College Chhatra Dal, over allegations of raping an 18-year-old second-year HSC student. He was detained around 9pm on August 1 following the student’s written complaint, and a rape case has been recorded against him.

According to the case statement, the student had approached Rabbi, described as her neighbouring maternal cousin, for help obtaining a national identity card. Despite the upazila election office being closed for a public holiday, he brought her to Chaugachha town around 9am. The complaint alleges that he misled her and took her to the home of Jahanara Begum in Niribili Para of municipal ward 4, where he raped her against her will.

The statement says the student became ill after the incident and returned home when she felt somewhat better, then informed her parents. She and her mother later submitted a written complaint at Chaugachha police station. Officer-in-Charge Mamunur Rashid PPM confirmed the arrest and said Rabbi would be sent to a Jashore court on Sunday, while other legal procedures remain under way.