Two teenagers arrested over rape of 7-year-old in Bagerhat

Police today arrested two teenagers for raping a seven-year-old girl in Bagerhat's Chitalmari.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Chitalmari Police Station Mir Shariful Haque said, "On Thursday, the duo approached the girl and lured her on the pretext of playing a game. The teenagers took the seven-year-old to a nearby sugarcane field where they sexually assaulted her."

Later, the victim's father rushed to the spot hearing her scream and caught the two. He filed a case against them that night, the OC said.

The girl was taken to hospital for a medical examination, he added.