Man sent to jail for rape of minor
A Joypurhat court yesterday sent a man to jail for his alleged involvement in the rape of a 10-year-old mentally challenged girl in the district.
The accused is Ruhul Amin alias Tutul, 26, of Rambhadrapur village in the district's Panchbibi upazila.
According to the case statement, Tutul raped the girl on Friday afternoon when she went outside of the home.
The accused took the girl to an isolated place, raped her, and fled the scene, the case statement added.
The victim's father filed a case with Panchbibi Police Station.
Polash Deb, officer-in-charge of Panchbibi Police Station, said police arrested Tutul on Friday night from a border area of Rambhadrapur village.
Later, he was produced before a district court that sent him to jail.
The victim was also sent to Joypurhat Modern Hospital for medical tests, he added.
Meanwhile, police detained two teenage boys in Barguna as they allegedly attempted to rape a 10-year-old girl on Wednesday afternoon in the district.
According to the victim's family and police, the fifth-grader victim was playing in a field adjacent to her house.
At one point, the two eighth-graders accused called the girl and tried to rape her. She then bit the hands of the accused and run away, said the victim's family members.
On information, police detained the duo, said Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Barguna Police Station.
"The mother of the victim is preparing to file a case against them and we are taking lawful steps in the regard," he added.
Our Dinajpur and Patuakhali correspondents contributed to this report.
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