The arrestees are — Helal Hossain, 25, of Borotha village and Mahfuzur Rahman, 28, son of Saber Ali of Boidyabati.
Md Jakirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Dhamrai Police Station, said Helal raped a seventh-grader in a field in Borotha-Kazipur area around noon while she was returning home from madrasa.
A farmer rescued the girl but the rapist managed to escape. Police arrested Helal after the victim’s mother filed a case.
OC Islam said Mahfuzur allured a ninth-grader girl to a house in Boidyabati village and raped her around 11am.
Locals rescued the girl and caught the rapist. They handed over the rapist to police. The victim’s mother filed a case against Mahfuzur on Thursday night, OC added.
Jakirul said both had confessed to raping the victims during initial interrogation. They were produced before the court on Friday morning.