A union parishad chairman in Dimla upazila has gone into hiding following filing of a case on charge of raping a poor teenage girl. The victim, daughter of a day labourer, worked as domestic help at the Kakra village house of Mosharaf Hossain Mintoo, chairman of Nautara union parishad in Dimla upazila, said the victim's family members.On Sunday night, the UP chairman raped the girl when his wife was away from the house, they said. Being informed, the victim's parents rescued her in a blood stained condition.
As they started with the girl for Dimla Upazila Health Complex for treatment, the accused chairman accompanied by his younger brother and other associates intercepted them on the way, forcibly lifted the girl onto a microbus and took her to an unknown place.
The victim's mother on Tuesday filed a case with Dimla Police Station urging rescue of her daughter and punishment to the rapist.
On Wednesday night, the victim fled away from her captors, went to Dimla Police Station and complained that the UP chairman violated her, said police. The victim's medical test was conducted in Nilphamari 100-bed hospital yesterday.
People in Nautara union yesterday formed a human chain demanding arrest and punishment of the culprits. Police has continued drive to arrest the accused chairman who went into hiding after filing of the case, said Dimla Police Station Officer-in-Charge Shawkat Ali.