Police in Lalmohan have arrested three suspects for allegedly robbing and sexually assaulting a housewife after holding her hostage while she was travelling by CNG-run auto-rickshaw.

According to police, a case (No. 33) was filed at Lalmohan Police Station on Thursday, July 30, based on a written complaint by the victim, Rozina Begum (35).

Police said that on the afternoon of July 29, Rozina Begum travelled from Char Fasson to Gajaria Bazar in Lalmohan by CNG auto-rickshaw. As she was heading home in a local vehicle and reached the Nouka Patti area near Gajaria Bazar, the accused intercepted the vehicle.

The suspects—identified as Md. Shahadat Hossain (24), Md. Naim (24), and Jubayer (21), along with several unidentified accomplices—allegedly boarded the vehicle, threatened the victim, and forced the driver to head toward the Sainik Bazar area, where they reportedly sexually assaulted her.

The attackers then took the vehicle to a secluded location near Sainik Bazar and, at knifepoint, robbed the victim of a pair of gold earrings worth Tk 25,000, another pair of gold earrings valued at Tk 50,000, and Tk 4,000 in cash from her vanity bag. Around 9:00 pm, they abandoned her on a culvert in Gajaria Bazar before fleeing the scene.

Investigating Officer SI (Unarmed) Md. Nur Amin, accompanied by a police team, conducted a special operation on July 30 and arrested the three accused named in the case.

Officer-in-Charge Oliul Islam of Lalmohan Police Station said the three suspects were produced before the court on Friday morning, while police operations are continuing to arrest the remaining accused.