Dhaka – Amid the outcry over the rape of a female student by a Sramik League leader and subsequent torture on the girl and her mother, a drunk Jubo League leader tried to rape a housewife in Dhunat upazila in Bogra on Monday night.Locals caught Shah Ali, 30, a member of Dhunat upazila unit of Jubo League and son of Iman Ali of Bharanshahi village in Dhunat municipality, and handed him over to police.Locals said Shah Ali along with several other young men took drugs on the east side of Sonamukhi road of the municipality on Monday night.Later, he entered the nearby house in a drunken condition and tried to violate the housewife at knifepoint.Hearing victim’s screams, locals rushed in, caught the Jubo League leader and informed police.Officer-in-charge of Dhunat Police Station Mizanur Rahman said they arrested him from the spot.Victim’s husband filed a case on Tuesday in this connection.UNB news agency
