6 Bangla nationals arrested in B’luru for rape & torture

2 accused shot in leg as they try to flee

Bengaluru, May 28: The police fired at two of the six Bangladeshis arrested in the gangrape case and caught hold of the duo as they tried to escape by allegedly trying to attack them during the spot inspection of the crime scene here on Friday, officials said.

The two have been identified as Hridoy and Sagar, both in their early twenties, police sources said.

Four men among the arrested were taken to the rented house where they stayed in for the spot inspection of the crime scene, during which two of them tried to attack policemen and escape, it said.

According to sources, both were shot in their legs and caught, and are now undergoing treatment at a government hospital.

The Bengaluru police on Thursday arrested six illegal Bangladeshi migrants — four men and two women — in Ramamurthy Nagar for allegedly brutalising a woman and raping her, a video of which has gone viral.

On the basis of the contents in the video clip and facts as disclosed during their preliminary interrogation, a case of rape, assault and under other

◗ DUE TO financial dispute, they brutalised the victim, who is also said to be a Bangladeshi, brought to India for human trafficking, the police said

relevant provisions of law, has been registered against the accused in Ramamurthy Nagar Police Station, police had said in a statement last night.

As the victim is away in a neighbouring state, a police team has been dispatched to trace her, so that she could join the investigation, it said.

As per the information revealed so far, all of them are part of the same group.

Due to financial dispute, they brutalised the victim, who is also said to be a Bangladeshi, brought to India for human trafficking, the police said, adding that investigation is being carried out in full earnestness, under the supervision of senior officers.

Police sources said: “The victim was raped, battered and had a glass bottle shoved into her private parts and all this was recorded by one of the arrested.”

The video first surfaced in Bangladesh.