[Dhaka Tribune] A 38-year-old man has been enjuggedYou have the right to remain silent...
for raping an eight-year-old girl in the district’s Palashbari upazila, police say.
The suspect, Md Jahurul Haque Islam, was detained from Srikhandi village in Hossainpur union on Thursday.
Palashbari police’s Officer-in-Charge Mujibur Rahman said the victim went to Jahurul’s grocery shop at the Shishudoho junction of Palashbari-Ghoraghat road in the afternoon.
"He took the child inside the shop promising to give her candies and forced himself on the eight-year-old," Mujibur said.
Police went to the spot and detained Jahurul after locals informed police about the incident.
"The man has confessed to raping the child," the OC said. "The victim has undergone medical examination and there is evidence of sexual assault."
A case was later filed by the victim’s father at the Palashbari cop shoppe.