Late last night, there was widespread outrage on social media came as the graphic video of a woman in Noakhali being gang-raped was uploaded and shared yesterday.
Police in the evening arrested Abdur Rahim, 22, who during primary interrogation confessed to his involvement in the crime, said Harunur Rashid Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Begumganj Police Station.
While it is unclear who uploaded the video, or initiated the sharing of it, it is evident that the rapists had filmed the rape, with the intent of spreading it on Facebook. As the woman was, one man yelled, "This will go on Facebook," while another was heard saying, "No, let's go live".
While the torturous actions seen in the video was probably no different from any of the 889 rapes that happened between January and August 2020, the video forced netizens to face just what rape entails, and the horror of having one's rights violated.
The incident happened in Noahkhali's Begumganj upazila at Joykrishnapur village of Eklashpur union on September 2.
