Man held for 'raping' his daughter

Police arrested a man last night on charges of raping his 13-year-old daughter in Chittagong.

During primary interrogation, the arrestee, a 38-year-old CNG-auto rickshaw driver from Lohagara upazila, has confessed to raping the girl on October 1, said Mohammad Shahjahan, officer-in-charge of Lohagara Police Station.

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He said after the incident, the girl went to visit her grandparents and disclosed the matter. Police learnt about it after some of her relatives talked about the issue on Facebook.

Later, police launched an investigation and arrested the man at Agrabad of the port city around 9:30pm, the OC added.

A case was filed against the man with the police station.

(The Daily Star is not publishing the details of the accused as it would reveal the identity of the alleged rape victim, which is against our editorial policy.)