Police have arrested a young man from Bochapur village in Sadar upazila for allegedly raping a young girl with a promise of marriage.
The arrestee was identified as Minhajul Islam, 30, son of Saifur Rahman of the village.
Tanvirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the victim, 19, filed a rape case with the police station against Minhajul on Friday morning and the arrest was made in the afternoon.
According to the case statement, the girl got acquainted with Minhajul at a bus stand in Panchagarh when she was going to her sister’s house in September 2019.
Minhajul developed love affair with the girl over mobile phone. Later, he raped her on the promise to marry her.
At one stage, the girl became five months pregnant but Minhajul refused to marry her.