Police on Friday arrested a youth on charge of raping a 12-year-old girl at a fair in Singair upazila of Manikgaj district, said police. The arrestee was identified as Sharif Miah, 22, son of Md Shahidullah of Khaserchar village in the upazila. Safiqul Islam, Officer-in-charge (OC) of Singair Police Station, said the teenager was working with her parents at their makeshift snacks shop at a four-day fair organized marking the holy Ashura in the Khaserchar area. Sharif, also a tea seller of the fair, took the girl to an orchard of papaya in absence of the victim’s parents at the shop and raped her over the night, said he. Read: Hubby 'confesses' to killing female doctor at Dhaka hotel Though the parents looked for her the entire night, she returned home in the morning and disclosed the matter to them, the OC also said. “The accused was arrested from the Khaserhcar area when we came to know about the incident through Dhalla police camp, he said adding that the victim was also sent to Manikganj Sadar Hospital for medical test. The victim’s father filed a case against the accused under Women and Children Repression and Prevention Act at the police station, added the police officer.