Online desk : A 54-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the rape of a Class III schoolgirl in Madaripur district.
Mizan Sarder was arrested from his house at Sikderkandi in Madbarer Char union under Shibchar upazila on Friday (April 7) morning.
Mizan is the son of late Lutfar Sikder of the area.
Relatives and locals said the child reads in Class III at a local primary school living in her maternal grandfather’s house. Accused Mizan Sarder has a shop for refining burnt mobil adjacent to the house.
The family of the child alleged that Mizan Sarder called in the girl to his shop tactfully on Thursday night and raped her tying hands and legs. The family members searched for the child at different places at night. They later found her inside the shop in the morning.
In the meantime, the accused Mizan went into hiding. Later, the child’s family filed a case against Mizan on Friday morning. Then he was arrested from his house.
Shibchar Police Station’s officer-in-charge (OC) Md Anwar Hossain said the arrested Mizan was sent to court on Friday afternoon, while the victim child was sent to Madaripur District Sadar Hospital for medical tests.
