The key accused in a case filed over the second gang-rape over electoral politics in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali surrendered before the court yesterday.

Judge Nobanita Guha of the Cognisance Court-2 denied the bail of the accused Abul Kamal alias Bechu Majhi, 35 and sent him to jail upon his surrender.

The court also granted remand for two other accused -- Abul Bashar and Yusuf Majhi - for 3 days and 2 days respectively in the case.

According to the case statement, a mother of six children was gang-raped while her husband was tied to a banana tree in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila on March 31 as part of a dispute over an upazila vice chairman's race.

Later, the victim's husband filed a case with Char Jabbar Police Station on Monday, accusing 12 people, including four unnamed.