Madrasa girl raped, culprit arrested

Pirojpur police arrested a youth yesterday on charge of raping a Class V madrasa girl in Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday.

The arrestee, Mohsin Majhi, 25, son of Alauddin Majhi, is a resident of Durgapur village in the upazila.

Police said Mohsin picked up the 12-year-old girl, also an Ebtedia examinee from Durgapur Nesaria Alim Madrasa, from her house around 11:30pm when her mother was asleep and father not at home.

He later took the girl inside the toilet of a nearby school and raped her,

After searching for her whereabouts, family members found her inside the school toilet around 2:30am.

Sensing the presence of victim's family members, Mohsin fled the scene.

Following a case filed by the victim's mother, police arrested Mohsin yesterday, Officer-in-Charge Masumur Rahman of Sadar Police Station.