An elderly person has been arrested for raping three minor students of a residential madrasa in Comilla's Baruda Upazila in the span of two days.
Police arrested fugitive Ali Akbar, 55, from Gauripur Bazar in Chandina Upazila on Wednesday, District Superintendent of Police Farooq Ahmed confirmed to Dhaka Tribune.
He said: “Family members of the boys filed two cases against him. When the legal process is over, he will be sent to jail.”
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The victims, aged around ten, are cousins. They belong to two families of Narindra village in Bhabanipur Union of the upazila.
According to local UP Chairman Khalilur Rahman, the victims went to play in the field near Akbar’s house on March 19 and 20.
Later, Akbar took them to his place showing them the temptation of chocolate and raped them.
