Mosque imam arrested for raping girl

Police on Thursday night arrested an Imam of a local mosque in Narail's Kalia upazila on charge of raping a minor girl.

The accused Abdur Rahman, 20, used to teach children Islamic education at a mosque in the upazila where he also performed duties as Imam.

Like other days, children went to the mosque on Thursday morning. After completion of studies, Rahman let everybody go home except a six-year-old girl.

Then, Rahman took the girl to his residence, which is adjacent to the mosque, citing that he would teach the girl more lessons and raped her.

Rahman let the girl go home after threatening her not to disclose the incident with others.

After returning home, the girl suffered bleeding and then shared the incident with her family.

Then, her parents and locals caught Rahman and handed him over to the police on the same night.

Later on yesterday morning, the victim's father filed a case against the accused, said Roksana Khatun, officer-in-charge of Naragati Police Station.