Police have arrested a man in connection with the alleged rape of an eleven-year-old girl in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet.
According to sources, the incident occurred on Saturday (Sept 6) evening near Shahid Eidgah in the Goyaspur-Ruigarh area of Golapganj Sadar Union, while the child was returning home from a shop.
Following the incident, the child’s mother filed a case at Golapganj Model Police Station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act against two individuals (Case No. 4, dated Sept 9, 2025). After the case was filed, police conducted a drive and arrested the accused, Selim Mia, on Tuesday night (Sept 9).
On Wednesday morning, he was sent to jail through the court.
Selim Mia is the son of Jitu Mia from Ruigar (Hazaribari) village in Golapganj Sadar Union. The other accused is Ehsan Ahmed, son of Moin Uddin from Dakharpara village under the same police station.
According to the case details and the victim’s family, the child was sent on Saturday evening to Choughari Bazar in Golapganj Sadar Union to buy tea leaves and milk. When she did not return on time, her family went searching and found her shoes, tea leaves, and milk on the road near Shahid Eidgah in Ranaping Bazar, raising suspicion. Despite searching nearby houses and surrounding areas, she could not be located.
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Around 3 am that night, the child was found unconscious and bloodied, wearing her pajamas, inside the gate of a residential house. She was immediately rescued and taken to Golapganj Upazila Health Complex, where the duty doctor referred her to the Osmani Medical College Hospital (OCH) in Sylhet.
After regaining consciousness at the hospital, the child told her family that while returning home from the market with milk and tea leaves, Ehsan Ahmed and Selim Mia had covered her mouth, forced her into a microbus, and took her to a house near Shahid Eidgah, where she was raped.
Golapganj Model Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Moniruzzaman Molla confirmed that one person has been arrested in connection with the case.