50-yr-old caught red-handed

A 50-year-old man was caught red-handed while attempting to violate a minor girl at Paikpara village in Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday.

Villagers caught the perpetrator, Abul Kashem, son of late Asgar Ali of the village, and handed him over to the police the same afternoon.

Quoting locals, police said the seven-year-old victim was playing beside their house around 3:00pm.

At one stage, her neighbour Kashem took the girl to a nearby paddy field and tried to violate her, said Sub-inspector Rashedul Islam of Sadar Police Station.

Hearing her cries for help, villagers rushed to the spot and rescued the girl. They caught Kashem while he was trying to flee the scene and handed him over to the police, the SI added.

The victim underwent a medical test at Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital the same night.

Yesterday morning, victim's father filed a case with Sadar Police Station accusing Abdul Kashem.

Judge Saiful Islam of Thakurgaon Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court sent the accused to jail after police produced him before the court the same afternoon.