A 65-year-old man was arrested in connection with his alleged attempt to violate a schoolgirl in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Wednesday.
The arrestee is Moselm Uddin of Maizpara village in the upazila.
Joynal Abedin Mandal, officer-in-charge of Sreepur Police Station, said Moselm took a schoolgirl near his home and tried to violate the girl on Wednesday.
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Hearing screams of the girl, local people caught him and beat him up before handing him over to police .
A case was filed in this connection.