Police have arrested a representative of a pharmaceutical company for allegedly raping a schoolgirl in Brahmanbaria on the pretext of false promise of marriage.  

A young girl was raped at Dashani village in Manirampur upazila on Thursday.   Police arrested Zahid Hasan, son of Mijibur Rahman of the village in this connection.   Quoting local people, police said Zahid waylaid the girl when she went to bring water from a tube-well in the evening.   Later, he took the girl to an abandoned house and  violated her, said sub-inspector of Manirampur Police Station, Abdur Rahman.   The incident came to light when victim’s mother filed a case with the police station in the night.   After getting complaint, police arrested Zahid.   The victim was sent to the 250-bed hospital for medical test, said Shikdar Matier Rahman, officer-in-charge of Manirampur Police station.

Police arrested a young man along with 1900 Yaba pills, concealed inside his sandals, from Station Road area in the port city on Sunday night.