Fifth-grader raped by stepfather

A Jhenidah court yesterday sent a man to jail on charge of raping his fifth-grader stepdaughter in the district's Kaliganj upazila.

The accused, an employee of a local hotel, married the victim's mother a year back, said the mother who supplies water door to door.

On Tuesday, both the parents went out for work in the morning. After a while, the man returned home and raped the 11-year-old girl, alleged the mother who also filed a case with Kaliganj Police Station on the same day.

The man also asked the girl not to disclose the matter to anyone and threatened her of dire consequences otherwise, the mother added.

On information, police arrested the accused in Kaliganj municipality area around 8:00pm Tuesday. He was produced before the court yesterday, said Mahfuzur Rahman, officer-in-charge of the police station.

The victim was sent to Jhenidah Sadar Hospital for medical tests around 11:00am yesterday.