Overview

• Police arrested Safiq/Safikul Sheikh and Sheikh Nasiruddin on Monday, and a local court remanded both to nine days of police custody.
• The three men held on Sunday — Apu Bauri, Firdous Sheikh and Shiekh Riazuddin — remain in 10-day police custody as the probe continues.
• Investigators say Nasiruddin was identified after night-long interrogation, and his motorcycle, allegedly used to flee the scene, has been impounded.
• A forensic team has collected samples from the alleged crime spot, and police sources say a reconstruction of the incident is under consideration.
• Another man named in the father’s complaint is being questioned but not arrested, and all five accused are booked for gangrape and criminal conspiracy under the BNS.