Compass Direct News quoted State Prosecutor Sayed Tariqul Islam that police submitted the charge sheet on September 7 based on "an extensive investigation" following a DNA test that turned out positive.
Pastor Motilal Das, who has reportedly received threats from villagers upset with his success as an evangelist, said local residents gang-raped his 13-year-old daughter earlier this year in an attempt to drive him from the area.
Villagers in Laksmipur, in Fulbaria sub-district 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the capital Dhaka, have said that relatives of the accused men paid off the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital Forensic Department to fabricate false test results.
LONG PRISON TERM
If convicted, they will receive life terms in prison, he reportedly said. Previously a medical college had submitted a false forensic test report indicating no evidence of sexual assault.
Villagers in Laksmipur, in Fulbaria sub-district 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the capital Dhaka, have said that relatives of the accused men paid off the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital Forensic Department to fabricate false test results.
The gang rape came amid concerns among rights groups about pressure on Christians in Bangladesh.
