The 25-year-old, who plans to join the Ansars soon, was busy in her household works at their tin-roofed house at Dakkhingaon at 11:00am when Ujjal, son of her landlord Asgar Master, and his four friends forced into her room.

The victim's five-year-old son and four-year-old daughter were playing in another room of their house.

As she screamed for help, the intruders beat her up until she collapsed on the ground.

"Ujjal's friends held me tight while he battered me mercilessly," said the housewife, now undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Sobbing, she said Ujjal's friends pinned her down to the ground when he raped.

Hearing her cry, locals rushed to rescue her and the intruders left the scene.

The culprits went to her house again a few minutes later and, brandishing a firearm, threatened her of dire consequences if she disclosed the incident to others.

They, however, ran away hearing that police were coming.

Before police reached the spot, Ujjal's mother changed the victim's torn sari and asked her to wear salwar-kamij.

Police took her to the DMCH.

The victim has been living in the house with her children for the last two months after her husband deserted her.

Confirming the incident, Sabujbagh police said they could not arrest anyone yet.