The owner and the alleged lover not yet arrested even after 25 days of raping the young woman at the resort
Almost a month after a young woman was raped in a resort built in Mohammadpur Basila Garden City Housing residential area of the capital, the two main accused in the case have not been arrested. One of them is the alleged lover of the young woman. Akash (28), another resort owner Abbas Ali (45) are still absconding. The other accused in the case, Imran (35), the manager of the resort, has been arrested.
Police said that two accused are absconding. However, it can be seen on the surface, the owner of the resort, Abbas, is managing the business from the presence of the hotel even claiming that there is a conspiracy against him.
In this regard, the police said that the accused of this rape case will be caught at any time.
This resort is next to SBPN Police Barracks on Basila 40 feet road of Mohammadpur Thana. It has been mentioned in the case that the girl was raped on April 2 at the 'Jaltaranga Swimming Pool and Resort' built on about one bigha of land.
The rape victim filed a rape case against the owner, manager and her alleged lover of Jaltaranga Resort at the Mohammadpur police station.
According to the complaint source, on the night of April 2, a young man named Akash went for a walk with his girlfriend, the victim. There the girl introduced her friend to the owner and manager of the resort. After a night swim in the swimming pool, after eating and drinking, the guest is taken to rest in a room on the second floor of the resort. Then the young woman was raped there. After raping the girl, the alleged lover Akash ran away leaving her in the room. At that time, the young victim called the National Emergency Service-999 and the police came and rescued her and took her to police custody. In this incident, the victim made a written complaint to the police station.
25 days after the incident, last Thursday evening, a three-storey building was seen on the surface of Jaltarang Resort in Basila area of Mohammadpur. On the other side is a huge swimming pool. Next to the entrance is the office of the resort. A yellow evening is being organized inside. Upon entering the resort, a worker came and asked for identification. This reporter entered the resort by talking about booking one of their events. There was dining and kitchen on the ground floor of a three-storey building. At the door of each room on the second floor, there are 8 rooms named after the major rivers of the country including Padma, Meghna, Jamuna. There is also a conference hall named after Mawlana Bhasani. There is a rooftop restaurant on the third floor of the building. There are small tables and umbrellas for the guests of the resort to sit on the terrace with chairs and tables.
Talking to the local residents, they complained that many crimes are going on in Jaltarang resort. Here, boys and girls of different ages are seen freely socializing, drinking alcohol and getting drunk. According to them, these are daily occurrences there. Especially Yaba. Residents complain of the stench of hemp.
During the stay of this reporter, two young men and some young women came to take a bath at the resort in the evening, but they were not allowed to take a bath that day due to the presence of the yellow dusk near the swimming pool. A man was seen sitting in the manager's chair in the office of the resort. He said his name is Abbas Ali.
At first he introduced himself as the manager of the resort but at one point he claimed that the owner of the resort was his brother. Where is the owner? When asked, he said that he had gone abroad for business. Absent his brother, Abbas is performing temporary duties.
Abbas said, I am the tax officer of South City Corporation Region-5. I am sitting here in the absence of my brother.
But this Abbas is the third accused in the rape case and Abbas himself is the owner of this resort. When asked about the case, he claimed that he was the victim of a conspiracy. Abbas said, "The people from whom we have rented land are now obstructing our business. I have built the building here myself. I have built a business with a lot of difficulty, now the owner of the land has caught my eye.
According to the police, you are absconding. But, you are regularly sitting in the resort office, how? In response to such a question, he said, 'This case is a fabricated case. The police realized this and acquitted me from the case.
When asked about the involvement of the manager, Abbas claimed, "The accused is not the manager of Imran Resort." He is an electrician. He is not a permanent worker, but if there is a problem, he comes and works as a part-time worker. Due to his affinity with Akash, he facilitated illegal activities. So the police arrested him.
Any resorts in residential areas? When asked, Abbas said, "Even though it is a residential area, there are all kinds of business establishments here. So resorting is not illegal. All the authorities, including the city corporation, have given us permission.
The young victim claims that even after 25 days of the case, the resort owner Abbas Ali and Akash are still missing. He said that the police have arrested one person but the rest are still living in fear as they have not been arrested.
In this regard, Mohammadpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mahfuzul Haque Bhuiya said, "In this incident, the young victim has filed a case as a plaintiff. We arrested one person in this incident. The rest of the accused are absconding. We are trying to arrest the absconding accused.
Later on Sunday (April 28), when asked about the non-arrest of the accused, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Mohammadpur Police Station, Anik Bhakta, who is investigating the case, said, "We are working." I will take it any time.'
In the eyes of the police, how is the fugitive accused sitting in the office regularly? In response to such a question, he said, "We have taken the CDR of the accuser’s mobile phone. Working online and offline. But, it is not possible to see who comes to the office and when. But we are working. I will catch it.