Chattogram: Two teenage girls have reportedly been gang raped by eight people at Station Road in the port city.

Police said the girls went to a business establishment in the area on Sunday in search of job. However, a group of people confined them to a room on a theft charge.

Around 8pm, they were taken to the rooftop of Jalsa Market in the name of interrogation where eight people violated them in turns.

On information, a team of police went to the spot around 10 pm and rescued the victims, said officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Mohammad Mohsin.

The victims were later taken to the one-stop crisis centre of Chittagong Medical College Hospital, he said.

Police also arrested six alleged rapists from the spot, the OC said, adding that the rest managed to flee. ‘We’re trying to arrest the rest.’