Imam held for raping girl in Pallabi
An eight-year-old girl was raped allegedly by the imam of a mosque in the city's Pallabi area yesterday morning.
The victim, who lives with her family in Kalshi area, was sent to the one-stop crisis centre at Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment and forensic tests.
Police arrested the alleged rapist, Nazir Hossain, 20, after the victim's mother filed a case with Pallabi Police Station.
Sub-inspector Aklima Akhter of the police station said Nazir was appointed at the mosque about three months ago.
He also used to teach Arabic to children inside the mosque, she said, adding that the girl was one of his students.
As the girl went to the mosque yesterday morning, Nazir took her to an isolated place nearby and raped her, the SI said.
Though the perpetrator threatened the girl not to disclose the incident to anyone, she narrated everything to her family after returning home, SI Aklima said.
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