Police on Wednesday arrested a 37-year-old man reportedly for raping a minor girl at Ashulia union under the capital's
Savar upazila on Tuesday evening.
The arrested is Md Nur Islam, 37, hailed from Gobindapur village under Gaibandha Sadar upazila. He used to live in a rented house adjacent to the victim's house at Kathgara area of the upazila.
The 4-year-old victim, who hailed from Dinajpur's Nawabganj upazila, was rescued and sent to the one-stop services of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for medical checkup.
According to the case statement, Nur Islam lured the child to his room while she was playing on the yard of the house on Tuesday afternoon. After sensing her absence, the parents started searching for her, but failed to locate her. After an hour, the child came out from the accused room in critical condition.
When the parents asked the child about what happened to her, she told them about the incident. Hearing the news, the agitated locals apprehended the accused and handed over to Ashulia Police Station.
Later, the mother of the victim filed a
rape case with the police station on Tuesday evening.
Nirmal Kumar Das, an inspector of the police station, said Nur Islam gave a confessional statement under section 162 and he was, then, sent to jail on Wednesday afternoon.
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