2 held in Habiganj over attempt to rape college student inside bus

A helper and supervisor of a bus were handed over to police yesterday for attempting to rape a college student on board the bus in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj.

They are: supervisor Riad Mia (45) and helper Ibrahim Khalil Rubel (35) of a Lucky Paribahan bus, reports our Moulvibazar correspondent quoting police.

Locals apprehended them after the bus entered Nabiganj town at noon and handed them over to police in the afternoon, said Md Dalim Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Nabiganj Police Station.

"The incident took place on Saturday morning when the bus staffers sexually harassed my daughter and attempted to rape her when she was the only passenger on board," the victim's father alleged.