2 girls raped in Noakhali, Gazipur

Two girls -- a third-grader in Noakhali and a teenager in Gazipur -- were allegedly raped on Tuesday.

In Noakhali, police yesterday arrested a tailor for the alleged rape of a seven-year-old schoolgirl in Begumganj upazila. 

The arrestee, Abul Khayer, 45, is from Krisnarampur village in the upazila, said Harun-ur-Rashid, officer-in-charge of Begumganj Police Station. 

The victim is undergoing treatment at Noakhali General Hospital, the OC said, adding that the girl’s mother filed a case with the police station yesterday morning.

Abul raped the child when she went to his shop at Kalirhat Bazar on Tuesday evening to have her outfits tailored, said the OC. 

The family members came to know of the matter when the child returned home and felt sick. 

In Gazipur, a case was filed yesterday morning in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old in Sreepur upazila. 

Law enforcers were trying to nab Akhter Hossain, 35, the sole accused in the case, our Gazipur correspondent reported, quoting police.  

Akhter took his neighbour’s daughter to his house yesterday afternoon and raped her, said Md Asrafullah, sub-inspector of Sreepur Police Station. 

Family members and other neighbours rushed to the spot after hearing the girl screaming, the SI said, adding that the perpetrator had left the scene before they arrived.

They found the girl bleeding and rushed her to Sreepur Upazila Health Complex where she is currently receiving treatment.