MADARIPUR, July 20 (UNB): A man, accused of raping and killing a class X student, was arrested on Saturday morning from the Sadar upazila's Charnachana village.
"A RAB team raided the area and arrested Sajjad Hossain, 45, from his house at around 05:00 am," Atika Islam, additional director of RAB-8 Madaripur camp, told the media.
RAB said Sajjad, an auto-rickshaw driver by profession and a resident of the village, had confessed to his crimes.
He was handed over to the Sadar Model Police Station in the afternoon.
On July 11, the victim, 14-year-old Dipty, got on Sajjad's vehicle when returning home to Charmuguria from her sister's house. She was the only passenger when the vehicle reached the East Khagdi area where the driver lived.
Sajjad forcefully took her to his house where he sedated and raped the girl.
But at one stage, when Dipty fell ill, he strangled her.
He tied bricks to her neck and put the body in a sack before dumping it in a nearby pond.
Two days later, locals saw the body floating in the pond and contacted police.
The victim's family identified the body from her clothes. Her family filed a case with Sadar Model Police Station on July 14.
Meanwhile, a man was detained for allegedly raping a class eight madrasa girl at Durgapur village in Assasuni Upazila of Satkhira district on Saturday.
Locals caught Liton Gazi, 24, son of Asadul Gazi of the village and handed over him to police.
Quoting locals, police said Liton used to stalk the victim. He went to her house on Friday night and raped her. Locals rushed in hearing the victim's screams and caught him.
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