Tutor rapes girl

A ninth grader was allegedly raped several times by a house tutor promising to marry her at Chinirpara village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila.

The tutor is identified as Suzon Miah, 25, son of Shahid Ali at Telipara village of the same upazila.

The girl's mother said Suzon had been teaching her daughter at their home for the last four years. The house tutor developed an affair with her daughter two months ago promising to marry her, the mother told this correspondent as the girl shared the matter with her (mother). The tutor also raped her daughter several times, the mother said.

Suzon's father Shahid, however, said their son is not guilty but a victim of conspiracy hatched by the girl's parents and their relatives. He said attempts were made several times to arrange marriage with the girl to their higher educated son illegally, but were foiled.

A case was lodged accusing Suzon with Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station on September 3, said the girl's father.

Police said the law enforcers are trying to arrest the alleged rapist.