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Woman gang-raped in Sylhet, 4 held
Woman gang-raped in Sylhet, 4 held
Police have arrested four youths in connection with the gang-rape of a woman in Sylhet’s Golapganj upazila.
According to the police, the rape survivor had a romantic relationship with one of the accused, Abdul Hakim. On Saturday, her boyfriend called her out to Muradpur market to visit him.
He took her deep inside the forest in Chororagolla area at Golapganj’s Gandamara village and called the other accused and gang-raped her.
The arrestees are Abdul Hakim, 20, of Turukbagh village; Rajan Ahmed, 22, of Dakshin Kandigaon village; Shipon Ahmed, 19, of Baghakhalpar village; and Akhter Hossain, 23, of Pirerchak village of Sylhet Sadar upazila.
Officials of the food departments, mill owners and farmers representatives also attended the programme.
The minister gave instructions to the officials and staff to collect paddy and expedite food storage, maintaining health rules.
Food Department will collect 6.50 lakh metric tonnes of paddy directly from farmers at Tk 27 per kg and 10 lakh metric tonnes boiled rice and 1.5 lakh metric tonnes non-boiled rice (Atap) at Tk 40 and Tk 39 per kg from millers during the current Boro season.
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Officials of the food departments, mill owners and farmers representatives also attended the programme.
The food minister directed the officials and employees concern to be careful so that no farmers would be subject to harassment going to provide rice to the warehouses.
The minister gave instructions to the officials and staff to collect paddy and expedite food storage, maintaining health rules.
However, he also instructed not to compromise with the quality of the paddy and rice during the procurement.
In Bagerhat Sadar, Nani Gopal Hira, a farmer of Chitalmari upazila, provided 2.5 metric tonnes of paddy to the local storage of the food ministry.
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