Two minors raped
An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an elderly neighbour in Gazipur yesterday, while police arrested a youth on charge of raping a madrasa student in Narayanganj.
The accused in Gazipur is Abdur Rashid, 55. He is now on the run, said police.
Around 11am, the victim was playing near her residence when Rashid lured her into a nearby jungle by promising to give her Tk 50 and raped her, said the victim’s family.
As the girl started shouting, a local farmer rushed there and rescued her. The accused fled the scene.
The girl’s family filed a complaint with police regarding the matter. Police is continuing drives to arrest Rashid, said Rajib Das, OC (investigation) of Kapasia Police Station.
In Narayanganj, police yesterday arrested a youth for raping a female madrasa student at Nagerchar of Araihazar.
The arrestee is Rakib Hossain. He lived in a rented house adjacent to the student’s residence in the area.
The 13-year-old girl was home alone on Friday evening. Rakib took her to his room and raped her multiple times, said Shafiqul Islam, OC (investigation) of Araihazar Police Station, quoting the girl.
The girl managed to flee the scene next morning. She returned home and told her mother about the incident. The girl’s mother filed the case against Rakib yesterday morning, said Shafiqul, adding that they arrested Rakib at noon.
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