In a shocking incident, an 18-year-old woman from Myanmar revealed that her newlywed husband has locked her inside a house and sent three of his friends to sexually assault her. The accused people threatened to kill her if she informed them of the incident. The incident came to light on October 23, when the house owner came to collect the rent.
What's the case?
The victim identified as Humaira Tamanna alleged that she had been living in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, when she met Mohammad Fayaz, the accused and her husband. After a month of marriage, the accused, Fayaz, brought three of his friends, identified as Ahmad Mujeeb, Noor Kamal and Zia-ur-Rehman, to reside in their rented apartment.
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The three men are also residents of Hyderabad. The Myanmar woman claimed that Fayaz would leave the house after locking it from outside and send his friends inside, during which they sexually assaulted her. Two of them also threatened to kill her if she disclosed the assaults to anyone. The woman stated that she was terrified, which prevented her from reporting the incident.
How did the matter come to light?
The ordeal came to light after the landlord came to collect the pending rent and found the house locked from outside. He broke open the lock, allowing the woman to leave. She then contacted her family using another person's mobile phone and was taken to a relative's house.
On October 26, her relative, Mohammad Rasheed, took her to a police station, where she lodged her complaint. An FIR has been registered, and the four men have been charged with rape, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation.