Newton used to rape women players with the allure to travel abroad
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Martial Art Jujutsu Association general secretary Rafiqul Islam alias Newton used to rape young players by offering them good opportunities and tempting them to travel abroad.
Commander Arafat Islam, director of the agency's law and media wing, gave this information at a press conference at RAB Media Center in the capital's Karwan Bazaar on Saturday (May 18) evening.
He said that Rafiqul Islam alias Newton also did horrible things like aborting minor girl players when they got pregnant due to immoral activities. He even entered the girls' changing rooms before practice, forcibly raped them, videotaped them and took nude pictures. Rafiqul was assisted in these activities by another woman of the association.
Commander Arafat Islam said that in the initial interrogation, Newton admitted to being involved in the rape. Rafiqul Islam Newton is a jujutsu trainer. Most of the association's trainees are women where guardians were supposed to be responsible for taking these young girls forward. But that person takes advantage of the weakness of young girls and tries to portray his low character.
Arafat Islam said that when the victim filed a case, the accused changed their location and hid in different parts of the country to avoid the arrest by the law and order forces. The second accused female player named in the case statement has already been handed over to Sher-e- Bangla Nagar police station in the capital.
According to the statement of the case, the general secretary of the arrested Martial Art Jujutsu Association, Rafiqul Islam alias Newton, with the help of a female player used to sexually harass other female players by falsely seducing and intimidating them. The victim had been training in jujutsu under Rafiqul for the past two years. Rafiq used to physically harass the victim on various pretexts during training sessions. Later, while the victim was changing clothes in the changing room after the practice, the arrested woman locked the victim in the room and called Rafiqul Islam. Later, Rafiqul raped the victim. The arrested woman then entered the player's room and took nude photos of the victim on her mobile phone and threatened to spread the nude photos of the victim on social media if she told anyone. A few days later, Rafiqul Islam took the victim to a flat in the capital and raped her several times under the threat of spreading her nude photos on social media.
On Saturday, RAB arrested two people, including general secretary of Bangladesh Jujutsu Association Rafiqul Islam Newton, in Mirpur and Shah Ali areas of the capital.
