Dhaka girl raped

A 14-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly raped by a youth in the capital's Mirpur yesterday.

The victim, a 10th grader and a resident of Mohammadpur, alleged that one Prince, 25, whom she met through Facebook, raped her at a residence after she went to meet him in Mirpur 1. She is now being treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Sub-inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost. “Her situation is critical,” he added.   

She went to school around 11:30am, the victim's brother said. “Later, I received a phone call from a private clinic at Kalyanpur that my sister was abandoned there.”

Police said they were trying to arrest the culprit.