'Raped' by youth, 12-year-old girl becomes pregnant

A 12-year-old girl has reportedly become pregnant after being raped by a young man in Sherpur.

Besides, two alleged rapists have been arrested in Panchagarh and Moulvibazar districts.

In Sherpur, the primary schoolgirl has become five months' pregnant after being raped by a neighbour.

Police arrested the alleged rapist -- Atiqur Rahman Rana, 20, son of Chan Mia of Baliadi village in the upazila -- on Friday night after the matter came to the fore.

The arrest was made soon after the victim's paternal grandfather filed a case with Nakla police station, said its officer-in-charge Kazi Shah Newaz.

He said the girl had been vomiting for the past few days and she disclosed the matter upon interrogation by family members.

The OC said Rana raped the girl several times whereby she became pregnant.

They instantly arrested the accused after the case was filed, he said, adding that they produced him before the court on Saturday.

The victim was also sent to Sadar Hospital where her medical examination will be done on Sunday.

Meanwhile, police arrested the alleged rapist from Jhenaidah district on Saturday night.

A team of police picked Babu up from the house of his maternal grandfather in Kaliganj upazila, said additional superintendent of police Ansar Uddin.

Earlier, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station Apurba Hasan said they detained Babu's mother for interrogation.

In Panchagarh, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a young man who allegedly raped a housewife in Dhantala village of Debiganj upazila on 16 April.

The arrestee is Mohammad Shahin, son of Abdul Hamid of the village.

A RAB-13 press release said the accused has been on the run since the incident and he was arrested from his house following a tipoff.

The 19-year-old victim went to the house of Azizul Islam on 16 April morning to pay the installment of a loan taken from an NGO, where Shahin, a resident of a nearby house, raped her finding her alone there.

On 24 April, the victim filed a case over the matter.

In Moulvibazar, police arrested the prime accused of a case filed over reported 'gang-rape' of a teenager in Kulaura upazila on Friday, 11 days after the incident.

The arrestee is Shukur Ali, 35, son of late Abdullah Mia of Gouri Shankar village in the upazila.

With this, six accused have so far been arrested over the incident.

Inspector (Investigation) of Kulaura police station Sanjay Chakrabarty said they arrested Shukur from an auto-rickshaw from Tengra Bazar in Rajnagar upazila at noon.

While going to her village home at Bhukshimoil, Shukur who was an acquaintance to her abducted the victim from Kulaura municipality area around 7:00pm on 15 April and took her to Ashurighat in a CNG-run auto-rickshaw where six of his accomplices had already been waiting. Later, all of them took turns to 'rape' the girl.

They allegedly took video clip of the nefarious act and threatened to upload it on the internet if she does not comply with their call to physically engage with them in the future.

The victim's mother filed a case with Kulaura police station accusing seven people.