A young man raped a third grader girl in Sreepur, Gazipur and recorded the scene on his mobile phone.
Hearing screams from the forest, locals rushed forward and rescued the girl. At that time, the local people beat up the rapist Arman Mia, 27, and handed him over to the police.
The incident took place at a forest in Dargachala village in Barmi union of the upazila around 6:30pm on Saturday.
The rapist Arman Mia has been living in a hut at Dargachala (Majhertek) village in Barmi union of Sreepur upazila and working as a day labourer.
The rape survivor said that Arman raped her and recorded the scene on his mobile phone. The police rescued her and sent her to the hospital.
The father of the survivor said that his daughter could not be found at home since noon. Then they started searching in different places.
In the evening, locals came forward after hearing screams in the forest and arrested Arman Mia from the forest.
Sreepur police station Inspector (Investigation) Shamim Akhtar said that Arman has been brought into police custody. The child was rescued and sent to the hospital. During the initial interrogation, Arman confessed to raping the child. He confessed that he committed the incident after consuming Yaba. He also confessed to recording several videos and sending those to his three friends.