Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a man in a case filed over the rape of a four-year-old girl in Chapainawabganj.

The arrestee is Kausar Ali, 39 of Choupukuria area of Nachol upazila of the district.

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A joint team of Rab-5 and RAB-1 arrested him from Dhaka's Badda on Thursday afternoon. Rab-5 commander Lt Col Riaz Shahriar confirmed this at a press briefing at RAB-5's Chapainawabganj camp on Friday.

Kausar, on August 12, raped the victim in his house, said the RAB official.

When the incident came to light, Kausar fled his home. The next day, the victim's father filed a case at Nachol Police Station, he said.

Based on the FIR and media information, a RAB-5 team launched a shadow investigation into the incident. The location of the accused was identified through its own intelligence surveillance, the official told the breifing.

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Rab-1 Major Mohammad Masud Haider and Rab-5 Chapainawabganj camp commander Lt Commander Ruh-fi-Tahmin Tauqir led the operation.

The accused Kawsar's transfer to Nachol Police Station in Chapainawabganj is under process, said Lt Col Riaz.

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