Faridpur, June 23 (UNB) – Police have arrested a man in Madhukhali upazila for reportedly raping his niece over a year.
The arrestee is Arif Mollah, 38, of Kamarkhali in the upazila.
Saiful Alam, Inspector of Madhukhali Police Station, said the 11-year-old girl had been working at the house of her uncle Arif (husband of her father’s sister) as a domestic help as her parents stay in Dhaka and work in a garment factory there.
Taking the advantage, Arif had been raping the girl over the year, he said.
The victim disclosed the matter to her mother when she returned from Dhaka recently and the mother filed a case with Madhukhali Police Station accusing Arif on Saturday.
After the filing of the case, police arrested Arif from his house.
The victim was sent to Faridpur Medical College Hospital on Sunday for medical test.