Brahmanbaria, May 26 (UNB) – A 60-year-old man was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly attempting to rape a second grader in Shimrail Kandi area of the district town.
The arrestee was identified as Bachchu Mia.
Locals said the child bought a coconut from him on Saturday afternoon and later went to him to remove the husk. Bachchu took her to an abandon house and tried to rape her.
He let the girl go when she started screaming. The child told her mother about her ordeal and the victim’s family contacted police. The victim was sent to the Sadar Hospital for medical tests on Saturday night.
Bachchu has been detained on charge of attempted rape, said Md Selim Uddin, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.