Police arrested another accused at Haripur of Jaintapur upazila on Monday night in connection with Friday’s rape incident at Sylhet MC College.
The arrested is Mahfuzur Rahman Masum, a fourth-year student of the college, of village Doloikandi in Kanaighat upazila.
Shamsuddoha, officer-in-charge of Kanaighat police station, said that a team of police arrested Mahfuzur from the area at about 10:00pm.
Later, they handed him over to Shah Poran police station at about 11:00pm. He was brought to the office of the superintendent of Sylhet police at about 10:00am on Tuesday.
With the arrest of Mahfuzur, seven accused have so far been arrested.
Among the arrestees, Saifur Rahman, Arzun Lashkar, and Robiul Islam were placed on a five-day remand each on Monday.
Two other arrested are Rajon, and Mahbubur Rahman Rony.
A group of men tied up a man and raped his 19-year-old wife at the MC College dormitory on Friday night.
After police rescued the couple, the victim’s husband filed a case at Shah Poran police station in the early hours of Saturday against nine people mentioning the names of six.
