Sherpur, June 25 (UNB)— A 65-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a madrasa girl at Khunuia Charpara village in Sadar upazila on Tuesday noon.
Ayeb Ali, son of Yakub Ali of the village, was arrested after the victim’s father filed a case on Monday. Sub-Inspector Shahin Mia of Sadar Police Station said the accused had confessed to his crimes before the court.
The victim was sent to Sadar Hospital for medical test.
According to case statement, the 14-year-old daughter of a poor farmer is a class six student at a local madrasa.
Ayeb, their neighbour, took advantage of an empty house and took the girl to his kitchen and raped her twice.
The victim, now seven months into pregnancy, recently informed her family of her ordeal.