child rape
Man, 60, arrested for ‘raping’ child in Jashore
A 60-year-old man was arrested for repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl at Gaidghat of Bagharpara upazila in Jashore.
Youth held for child rape attempt in Panchagarh
Police arrested a young man for attempting to rape a four-year-old girl at Jatsauda Purbadangi village in Sadar upazila on Thursday.
The arrestee is as Sajib Islam, 15, son of Oleman Ali of the village.
Abu Akkas Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said Sajib took the girl to a maize field and tried to violate her in the afternoon.
Hearing screams of the girl, local people rushed in and gave him a good beating.
On information, police went to the spot and arrested Sajib.
Man ‘rapes’ daughter’s sixth-grader classmate
A man has been accused of raping the classmate of his sixth-grader daughter in Goalanda Upazila.
The victim filed a case against Abul Sheikh, 35, with Goalanda Ghat Police Station on Thursday afternoon. Abul is the son of Badan Mridha of the Ghat area.
The girl said she went to meet one of her classmates a day after the annual picnic of her school on January 29.
Child rape increased 76.01pc in Bangladesh last year: BSAF
Bangladesh saw a spike in incidents of child rape and sexual assault on children last year compared to 2018, a child rights advocacy group said.
Sherpur child rape suspect arrested in Mymensingh
A man, accused of raping a PEC examinee, was arrested from Mymensingh city on Saturday afternoon, the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said at night.