'Pir' gets jail term for raping teenage girl

CHANDPUR, Jan 26 (UNB): A court here on Thursday afternoon sent a 'Pir' to jail in a case over raping a teenage girl in Faridganj upazila.

Senior Judicial Magistrate court judge Md Shafiul Azam also ordered police to investigate the allegation after hearing.

On January 24, the victim, 17, filed the case accusing Abu Bakar Siddique Atiqullah, 57, Pir at Subidpur Darber Sharif at Subidpur Pschim village in Faridganj Upazila. She worked as a domestic help at the Pir's house.

According to the case statement, during her stay at the house, he raped the girl on September 15, 2016. Two months after the incident, her family married the girl off to a man of the neighbouring village in the same Upazila.