Police have arrested two men on charges of raping a college girl on a launch on Sunday as she was travelling from Noakhali to Dhaka. The accused are Sakib Uddin, 26, and Nuruzzaman Mithu, 32. Both of them are residents of Noakhali’s Hatia upazila.

They were arrested in the capital’s Mirpur area early Tuesday, said Moshiul Alam, inspector (investigation) of Dhaka’s Kotwali Police Station yesterday.

Mithu has already made a confessional statement before court, and Sakib is now on a five-day remand, he said.

Earlier on Monday evening, the victim’s brother filed the case with the police station, accusing the duo, said the police officer.

The girl was provided with necessary treatment, and her medical test was completed at the One-Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said the police inspector.

[Our correspondent from Noakhali contributed to this report.]