A 14-year-old girl was hospitalised in Narail’s Lohagara upazila after she was gang-raped on Tuesday evening.
The victim, a fifth-grader at a local school in Gandhabaria area, was violated by four men after she eloped with her boyfriend Monirul Islam.
Police said the four youths, led by Tuhin of Kalna village, confronted the girl and Monirul in Maitkumra area, and took them forcefully to a nearby orchard.
The four took turns to rape the girl in front of Monirul, and also took away a mobile phone and Tk20,000 in cash from them before fleeing, according to police.
Lohagara police station Officer-in-Charge Md Kamruzzaman said police had detained Monirul for questioning.
“The girl has undergone a medical test,” he said, adding that a case would be filed in this connection.
