Police in Barisal City have detained a youth leader on suspicion of gang raping a young woman.

On Wednesday, November 20, he was taken into custody by the Kotwali police station from the city’s Rupatali neighborhood.Imran Ali Shobhan, age 33, has been identified as the individual who was arrested. He is the son of Rupatali New Residential Area resident Yusub Ali, who passed away. Imran is a current candidate for Ward Juba Dal and was previously the joint convenor of Ward No. 25 Chhatra Dal.A young woman from the Kaunia neighborhood reportedly visited the city’s new housing development on Tuesday with a companion, according to the police. The youth leader Irman and his colleagues captured two of them from Rupatali. Irman was then gang-raped while imprisoned in a secluded room.They then imprisoned the girl’s friend in a separate room and wanted 50,000 Tk in ransom for his motorcycle. In addition to that, four of Irman’s associates severely beat him. The Judo Dal head was raided and taken into custody by the police on Wednesday morning after he went to the Kotwali police station and provided information about handling the ransom money.