Youth arrested on charges of raping teenage girl

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A young man has been arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl at Monaharpur village of Sylhet's Biswanath upazila, reports UNB.

The arrestee is Jamil Mia, 21, son of Nur Uddin of Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj.

Family members said Jamil, a distant relative, had been in love affairs with the girl.

On Thursday night, he came to visit the victim’s place and stayed there.

At around 12:00am on Friday, family members woke up hearing screams from the girl’s room. They rushed to the room and caught Jamil red-handed.

They handed him over to police.

The victim filed a case with Biswanath police station in this regard on Friday.

Gopesh Das, sub-inspector of the police station, said they showed Jamil arrested in the case and produced him before the court on Saturday.