Man held for rape attempt
Police arrested a man on charge of attempting to rape a physically challenged girl in Jashore Sadar upazila yesterday.
The arrestee, Shahinur Rahman, 36, a shopkeeper, is son of Abdur Rahim of Sheikhhati area in the upazila.
Shahinur forcibly took the neighbouring 12-year-old victim to a banana orchard around 9:00am and tried to rape her, Officer in Charge of Jashore Kotwali Police Station Sheikh Tasim Alam said, quoting the case statement.
Hearing her scream, villagers rushed to the spot but Shahinur managed to flee, he said.
Following a case filed by the victim’s father with the police station, they arrested Shahinur from Jashore town around 2:00pm.
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