, April 17 -- A housewife on Wednesday was allegedly abducted and raped after miscreants intercepted an auto-rickshaw carrying her and her husband and held the man captive in Homna upazila of Cumilla.

The incident occurred on a village road in the upazila, and the victim filed a case with Homna Police Station on Thursday, naming Ashikur Rahman as the prime accused, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Thomas Barua.

According to the case statement, the victim and her husband, who live in a rented house in Homna municipality, were travelling by auto-rickshaw to her father's home in Titas upazila around 9:30pm on Wednesday.

After crossing the Agriculture College area, Ashikur Rahman, 24, along with six to seven associates, allegedly intercepted th...