Self-styled pir Sohel Rana arrested in Mohammadpur rape case

The Special Response Battalion (SRB-2) has arrested Md Sohel Rana (46), a self-styled pir and an accused in a rape case, from the Nurjahan Road area of Mohammadpur in the capital.

He was arrested on Saturday night in a raid on a house on Nurjahan Road, acting on intelligence information.

SRB-2 deputy director (media) Major M Mubin Rahman Tapas disclosed the information in a press release at around midnight.

According to the release, the victim is a cultural worker. She and her family became acquainted with the self-styled pir Sohel Rana through her husband's business connections. Later, Sohel Rana called the woman to a house on Nurjahan Road in Mohammadpur on the pretext of treating a physical illness. The woman alleges she was raped there.

The victim filed a case as complainant at Mohammadpur police station on 11 November over the incident.

SRB-2 said the process of taking further legal action against the arrested Sohel Rana is under way.