A 49-year-old man has been arrested on charge of raping a minor girl in Magura Sadar upazila, said police on Friday.
The arrestee, Hitu Sheikh, hailing from Nijandayali Mathpara village of the upazila is a carpenter by profession.
Police and locals said the nine-year-old victim came to the house of her sister’s in-laws two days back. The accused is the father-in-law of the victim’s sister.
The accused allegedly raped the girl while she had been sleeping alone at the house on Wednesday night, they said.
Hearing her screams, family members and neighbours rushed and found her critically injured.
She was first taken to Magura General Hospital and then shifted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital due to her critical condition.
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On Thursday afternoon, she was also sent to the capital and now is undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit at a Dhaka hospital.
Officer-in-Charge of Magura Sadar police station Md Ayub Ali said they arrested the accused on Thursday and legal action against him was taken.
He said police and army personnel visited Magura General Hospital soon after the victim was admitted.
The police official added that the victim was now receiving treatment in Dhaka.