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A case was filed against two people in connection with the rape of a Class VII girl in Manda upazila of Naogaon district on Wednesday.

The girl was raped on Saturday but the video of the incident went viral on social media on Monday which caused uproar throughout the area.


The case was filed against two suspects on Wednesday, said Shaheen Reza, officer-in-charge of Mahadevapura Police Station.

According to the case statement, Rifat Hossain, 24, son of Shahidul Islam of Mohadevpur upazila, took the girl, who came out from her house to purchase a packet of noodles on Saturday afternoon, to an under-construction wash block and violated the girl.

The girl returned home and did not disclose the matter to anyone.

The victim鈥檚 father alleged that Rifat鈥檚 father called him to his house and tried to settle the matter in exchange for money on Wednesday.

When the video footage went viral on social media the girl informed the matter to her family saying that Rifat with the help of one Dhani raped her after threatening that they would kill her younger brother if the matter was disclosed.

Local people demanded exemplary punishment of Rifat.

Police are trying to arrest the rapist, said the OC, Shaheen.