
A 37-year-old man was arrested early Sunday allegedly for raping a seven-year-old girl at Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj.
Police said that the suspected rapist, Shah Alam, is a neighbour of the victim.
The victim's mother told the police that she went out of her house on Saturday noon for an urgent matter keeping her 7-year-old daughter in the house.
‘Alam entered the house at that moment and raped my daughter. After returning home at around 1:00pm, I found my daughter crying,’ the woman alleged, adding that she informed the police about the incident after hearing from her daughter in details.
Madhabpur police station officer-in-charge Mohammad Shahid Ullah told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· that they conducted a raid early Sunday at the house of Shah Alam and arrested him.
‘The arrestee was sent to Habiganj district judicial magistrate court that sent him to jail,’ he said.
The police officer said that the victim was admitted to Habiganj Sadar Hospital for treatment and necessary medical tests.