Dhaka, June 9 -- year-old woman and her school-going daughter were allegedly gang-raped by a group of robbers while committing robbery at their house in newly formed Matamuhuri upazila of Cox's Bazar district early Tuesday.

Officer-in-Charge of Chakaria Police Station Monir Hossain said a group of 8-10 robbers stormed into the house of an expatriate in the Sikdarpara Dalnirghona area of the upazila around 2:30am, breaking open the grill of the window.

They looted valuables, including gold ornaments and cash, from the house.

At one stage, the robbers violated the woman and her daughter, a Class-X girl, before fleeing with the booty.

Relatives initially took them to Chakaria Upazila Health Complex from where they were later transferred ...