Girl with dwarfism raped in Jhalakathi
A teenage madrasa boy was held yesterday on charge of raping a vertically challenged girl in Nalchity upazila of Jhalakathi.
Police picked up the 14-year-old from Taltola village of the upazila around 5:00pm, said Md Sakhawat Hossain, officer-in-charge at Nalchity Police Station.
The victim’s grandmother filed a complaint with the police station on Saturday.
Quoting the complaint, the OC said the class-VIII student of Faira Fazil Madrasa and the 18-year-old victim were neighbours in Taltola village. The girl lived with her maternal grandmother.
“On Thursday morning, the boy told the victim that his mother wanted to see her and took her to his place. There was no-one else in the house,” said OC Sakhawat. “He attempted rape on her. At one point, neighbours arrived there hearing the girl scream.”
Police went to the neighbourhood on Saturday afternoon when two residents, Parvin Akhter and Rokeya Begum, said that the allegation of rape was true.
According to the victim’s grandmother, Ameena Begum and Piara Begum, mother and aunt of the accused respectively, physically assaulted Parvin and Rokeya yesterday morning for talking to police.
Both of them had to be admitted to the Nalchity Upazila Health Complex, she told journalists at the police station.
The accused was detained from Piara Begum’s house for questioning, the OC told this paper.
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