Man held for raping girl with challenges

A teenage boy was sued over the rape of a minor girl in Jashore yesterday, while a man was arrested on charge of raping a mentally challenged girl in Noakhali.

In a separate incident, a private tutor was arrested on Friday night for raping his female student in Sirajganj.

The accused of Jashore is a 12-year-old resident of Chhoto Haibatpur village in the district's Sadar upazila, said police.

The victim's family members alleged that the neighbouring boy took the 5-year-old girl to his home luring her with chocolate on Friday evening and raped her.

When the girl returned home, she kept crying. Her mother found the girl was bleeding from her private parts. Then, she was rushed to Jashore General Hospital.

Contacted, the hospital's intern doctor Priyanka said she had found rape symptom in primary diagnosis.

The victim's father yesterday filed a case with Kotawali Police Station.

Police were trying to arrest the accused, said Tajul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station.

In Noakhali, a man was arrested yesterday on charge of raping a mentally challenged girl in Kabirhat upazila.

The accused is Abul Hossain, 50, of Sonadia village in the same upazila.

Quoting the victim's family members, police said the 17-year-old girl was staying alone at her residence on Friday afternoon.

Taking the chance, Abul Hossain entered the house and raped her.

At that time, the victim's mother came to the room and saw the incident. When the mother started screaming, the accused fled the scene.

A day later, the victim's mother filed a case against Abul Hossain.

Hours later, police arrested the accused, said Tomas Barua, OC of Kabirhat Police Station.

In Sirajganj, police on Friday night arrested a private tutor on charge of raping his female student in Tarash upazila.

The arrestee is Mohammad Abu Sayeed, 35, of the same upazila.

Quoting the victim's family members, police said Abu Sayeed used to tutor the girl. On Thursday night, he went to the victim's residence.

At that time, the girl was alone at her house. Taking the chance, Abu Sayeed raped her. When the girl started screaming, locals rushed there, caught the accused, and beat him.

As his physical condition deteriorated, he was later admitted at the 250-bed Sirajganj General Hospital where he is now undergoing treatment.

On Friday afternoon, the victim's father filed a case against Abu Sayeed, who was shown arrested on Friday night in the hospital, said Fazle Ashik, OC of Tarash Police Station.

The victim was also sent to the hospital for medical tests, the OC added.

Our Benapole and Pabna correspondents contributed to this report