A housewife has allegedly been gang raped by a group of people in Chandina upazila of Cumilla district.

Police rescued the victim on early Monday and arrested four suspects over the incident, which took place at village Madarpur in the upazila, said Atiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Chandina Police Station.

He said a group of people waylaid the housewife and her husband while they were passing through the village at about 11:00pm on Sunday.

Later, they took the housewife to an abandoned place and violated her in turns throughout the night after confining her husband.

As the victim’s husband prayed for his wife’s release, the offenders demanded Tk 1 lakh for it.

At one stage, the man managed to call the national emergency number 999, seeking help.

Following the phone call, police conducted a drive around 5:00am and rescued the woman from a maize field in the area.

They also arrested four people in connection with the incident.