The Chittagong police early on Friday nabbed a person, locally known as a “pir” (saint) from Mirsarai, for raping an eight-year-old girl.
The arrestee, Hakim Bhandari, 54, resides in the port city’s Madarbari area, said police.
A police probe has found that Hakim earlier violated his step-mother, step-sister and one of his aunts. For the incidents, he was also punished in local arbitration.
Pranab Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat police station, said they had arrested Hakim at Mithachhara Bazar under Mirsarai upazila around 1:30am. He was hiding there after violating the child on January 28 at his Madarbari house.
According to the police official, on that day, when the victim went to Hakim’s house who she addressed as “grandfather,” the so-called pir raped her. Later the victim went home and told her parents about the matter.
She was taken to the One-stop Crisis Centre of Chittagong Medical College Hospital in critical condition, said the OC.
Police arrested Hakim following preliminary investigation in a case filed by father of the victim with Sadarghat police.
