A man in Kushtia's Khoksa upazila on Thursday handed over his teenage son to police after the boy has been accused of raping a five-year-old girl.
The accused, a Class-VIII madrasah student, was taken into custody after his father took him to Khoksa Police Station, claiming he tracked him down after the incident, said Officer-in-Charge Molla Zakir.
The alleged rape took place on Wednesday afternoon at Bosoa village under Shimulia union.
The child fell seriously ill after the incident and was first taken to Khoksa Upazila Health Complex before being shifted to Kushtia General Hospital for advanced treatment.
According to the victim's family, the girl's parents were washing jute in a nearby wetland while she was playing near their home with other children.
The boy allegedly lured the child away by telling her he would take her to her parents before allegedly raping her in a nearby field. The girl later returned to her parents and disclosed the incident.
The boy’s father, a village police member, said he learned about the allegation on Wednesday evening and immediately began searching for his son, who fled.
He said he later located him at his maternal grandmother's house in Pangsha and handed him over to police on Thursday morning. "My son has committed a wrongdoing. That's why I handed him over to the police," he said.