Cumilla auto-rickshaw driver arrested after rape confession video goes viral
Police say the accused went into hiding after the video circulated online.
An auto-rickshaw driver has been arrested in Cumilla over allegations of raping a woman after a video apparently showing him confessing to the assault went viral on social media.
The accused, Md Ikramul Haq, 37, was arrested around 2:30am today (12 October) from the Juktikhola area of Chauddagram upazila, where he had allegedly gone into hiding after the video circulated.
Special Response Battalion (SRB)-11 CPC-2 Cumilla Acting Company Commander Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Md Imrul Hasan confirmed the arrest.
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He said Ikramul had been handed over to Sadar South Model Police Station for legal action.
According to preliminary investigation and interrogation, the incident occurred around 3:30pm on 10 October in a banana grove beside the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in the Lalbagh area of Sadar South upazila.
Another auto-rickshaw driver, identified as Rasel, reportedly saw Ikramul leaving the grove and recorded a video in which the accused appeared to admit to the assault.
The video went viral on social media on 10 October, prompting SRB-11 to intensify surveillance to locate the accused and rescue the victim.
Ikramul was subsequently traced and arrested using intelligence and technology, the battalion said.
