New Delhi, June 30 -- The alleged rape of a 21-year-old woman from a minority community in central Bangladesh's Cumilla district has ignited widespread anger across the country after a disturbing video of the assault went viral on social media.

Police have arrested five individuals in connection with the incident, including the main suspect, Fazor Ali, a local politician affiliated with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), PTI reports. Cumilla district's police chief, Nazir Ahmed Khan, confirmed that Fazor Ali was apprehended in a predawn raid in Dhaka's Sayedabad area. Four others were arrested for sharing the victim's image and identity online.

The brutal rape of the Bangladeshi woman has triggered protests. Students at Dhaka Unive...