Police on Friday arrested a man in a case filed for the rape of a six-year-old girl in Chapainawabganj.
The arrested, Md Mostaq, was apprehended by the police in Sadar upazila’s Islampur union, around 5am.
Chapainawabganj Sadar model police station OC, Ziaur Rahman, said: “On Thursday afternoon, Mostaq first lured the minor to a lemon grove, raped the child, and fled.”
Later, locals discovered the wounded child and rushed her to the Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital.
Later in the day, the victim’s mother filed a case with the Sadar model police station in this regard.
The case investigation officer, Mojibor Rahman, said: “In primary interrogation the rapist confessed to his crime.”
Doctors also confirmed signs of rape and the child is receiving proper medical attention, he added.
