2 minor girls raped in city within 24 hours

Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in Rayerbazar area of Dhaka city, hours after a nine-year-old was allegedly raped in Mirpur. Mainul Islam, officer in-charge of Hazaribagh police station said, a couple complained to them on Sunday that their seven-year-old daughter was raped. Police immediately raided Rayerbazar and arrested one ‘Khokon’, said the police officer. The girl’s father is a rickshaw puller and the mother works as a maid. The couple found their daughter in blood after returning home on Saturday night. “The girl told her parents that their neighbour Khokon was responsible,” said OC Islam. In Mirpur, a couple filed a complaint with the police on Saturday night, alleging their nine-year-old daughter had been raped. Mirpur Model Police Station’s Sub-inspector Md Zahid said the child was sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital for medical examination. No one has been arrested over the incident, according to a news agency.

-SRS