NALBARI, Oct 25 - Two persons have been arrested in connection with a gang-rape incident at Tihu in Nalbari district last evening. The arrested persons-Nurul Ali (26) and Bakul Nathan (27) - were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Nalbari who remanded them to police custody. Three others, including Kishor Mohan Das, Rupdhan Ali and Merajul Ali involved in the incident have been absconding till filing of this report.
According to the police sources, the gang coming in an alto car (AS 01DG 3056) picked up the woman from Nathkuchi of NH 31 and committed rape inside their car. The woman alleged that they took her to the Karkabari forest areas and committed the crime in two places. Finally, the youths abandoned the victim at Khurdhara. The officer in-charge of the Tihu police station Nabajit Talukdar said that the woman filed a case at Tihu Police Station (Case no 179/18).