Besides, a schoolteacher has been held in Natore for sexually harassing a girl while police have arrested a youth in Khulna over the rape attempt on a minor girl and the husband a rape victim has come under an acid attack in Noakhali.
In Dinajpur, a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth at Matikata village in Hakimpur upazila on Sunday.
The alleged rapist is Sagar Mia, 19, son of Abdul Malek of Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat.
Quoting family members and locals, Rezaul Karim, officer-in-charge of Hakimpur Police Station, said Sagar took the girl to a field while she was playing in front of her house in the afternoon and raped her there.
Locals rescued the girl hearing her screams while the rapist managed to flee the spot.
The victim’s father filed a case against Sagar with the police station on Sunday night.
In Jhenaidah, a five-year-old girl was violated by a sexagenarian man at Nawdapara village in Kaliganj upazila on Sunday.
OC of Kaliganj Police Station said Ansar Ali, 60, took the girl to his room while she was going to school in the morning and raped her.
The girl, a nursery student, narrated the incident to her mother, he said.
In Chattogram, police arrested a teen for reportedly killing his nine-year-old niece after rape in Bandar Milermatha area of the port city.
Son of Md Siddiqur Rahman of Koralia in Sadar upazila of Bhola, the accused is a Class-IX student of Begumjan High School.
Police said the boy violated the minor girl, a Class-II student, when she was alone at the house on Sunday.
Later, he strangulated her to death when she passed out after the nefarious act. He also hanged the body from a ceiling fan to make it appear that she committed suicide.
OC Bandar Police Station Sukanta Chakrabarty said they arrested the accused after victim’s mother filed a case in this regard.
In Khulna, police on Monday arrested a young man who allegedly tried to rape his minor cousin in Sheikhpara area of the city on Sunday.
The accused is Shariful Islam Ashique, a maternal cousin of the victim.
The victim’s mother said she and her sister’s family live in a single house and Ashique used to molest the girl which she never disclosed.
On Sunday, victim’s relatives came to know about the matter after the girl raised hue and cry when Ashique tried to violate her.
The victim was sent to the one-stop crisis centre of Khulna Medical College Hospital as she fell sick.
The victim’s mother filed a case with Sonadanga Police Station in this regard, said sub-inspector Bidhan Chandra Roy.
They arrested the accused from Lohapatti area around 10 am, he said.
In Natore, police arrested a schoolteacher on charge of sexually harassing a third grader girl.
The arrestee was identified as Abdul Hakim, an assistant teacher of Natore Govt Girls’ School.
Jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Natore Police Station, said Hakim harassed the girl sexually during a class on Sunday.
Later, the girl informed the matter to her mother when she submitted a written complaint to the police station.
Police arrested the accused teacher on Monday noon, the OC added.
Meanwhile, a three-member probe body was formed to look into the matter.
In Noakhali, the husband of a rape victim came under an acid attack at Uttarcharbaga village in Subarnachar upazila early Monday as he took part in a human chain against rape and torture on women on Sunday.
The victim, Nasir Uddin, sustained 9 percent burns on his hands, chest and
thighs and he was taking treatment at Sadar Hospital, said Dr Md Khalil Ullah of the hospital.
On August 2, Nasir filed a case against a local – Joynal - who allegedly raped his wife several times through blackmailing her. Joynal used to violate the victim threatening to make the video of the rape incident viral on social media.
The accused also fined a counter misappropriation case against him and the witnesses of his case.
The victim’s mother said Nasir joined the human chain in front of the Naokhali Press Club protesting separate incidents of rape in the district.
Around 2am on Monday, a group of 6-7 people hurled acid on Nasir when he came out of their residence to respond to the call of nature.
Officer-in-charge of Char Jabbar Police Station Shahed Uddin said no complaint has yet been lodged in this regard.