A case was filed on Tuesday with Raiganj police station in Sirajganj in connection with the rape of a minor girl by one of her relatives in a village under Raiganj upazila in the district six days ago.
The victim鈥檚 family lodged the case accusing Bayojid Akand, 22, son of late Aiyub Ali, of the village, the police said.
Bayojid, however, went into hiding after committing the crime at the night following October 28.
Raiganj police station officer-in-charge KM Masud Rana said that they were trying to nab Bayojid.聽
The case statement said that Bayojid raped the minor girl at the night following October 28 in the absence of anyone at her house.
Locals said that they caught Bayojid red-handed, but he fled the scene.
Two days later, when the victim鈥檚 family submitted a written complaint to the police station, the OC refused to record the case and proposed the family to settle the issue through an arbitration, the victim鈥簊 grandfather alleged at Sirajganj Shaheed M Mansur Ali Hospital on Tuesday.
He said that they could finally file the case on Tuesday with the help of journalists.
The OC, however, denied the allegation and claimed that the victim鈥檚 family requested the police to settle the issue by contacting the accused鈥檚 family.
Sirajganj Shaheed M Mansur Ali Medical College Hospital director, Professor Dr ATM Nuruzzaman, said that the girl was still in trauma due to the rape.