Raped Bangladeshi traced to Kerala brought to Bengaluru

Bengaluru, May 30 (PTI): A Bengleshi woman, allegedly gangraped in Bengaluru by four of her compatriots, has been brought to city from Kerala, police said on Sunday "Our team traced her and bought her from Kozhikode in Kerala," Deputy Commissioner of Police Dr S D Sharanappa told PTI.

22-year-old woman was subjected to medical tests at Government Bowring and Ly Curzon Hospitals for assault and rape, police sources said.

She was trafficked to India by Mohammed Babu, a resident of Dhubri in Assam, about three years ago, y said.

Following a financial dispute, she was assaulted by six people, including a woman, and later four of m gangraped her and brutalised her about a week ago, sources said.

While assaulting and brutalising her, one of m video- recorded incident, which went viral mainly in Banglesh, Assam and West Bengal, y said.

Acting on a tip-off from Banglesh police, Bengaluru police went to a house, where illegal Bangleshi migrants h taken shelter, and arrested m.

On Friday, police shot at two of accused Hridoy Babo and Rakibul Islam Sagar injuring m in ir legs when y tried to flee. shooting took place while accused were being taken for police verification.

Police sources said re was a wide network of traffickers from Banglesh in connivance with people from Murshidab in West Bengal, Hyderab in Telangana, Dhubri in Assam and people from Karnataka.

girls gang members used to traffick from Banglesh, Assam and West Bengal were forced into prostitution and were subjected to extreme exploitation, sources said.

So far, six members have been arrested while investigations are on to trace ors, y said.

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