13-year-old girl raped in Dhaka's Mirpur

A 13-year-old girl was repeatedly raped by a neighbour in Dhaka's Mirpur, police and family said.

The police admitted her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) today as the girl's condition deteriorated due to pregnancy, said Mahmudunnabi, sub-inspector of Mirpur Model Police Station.

The victim's mother filed a case against the alleged rapist, Raju Mia, 50, under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act with the Mirpur Model Police Station today.

Golam Azam, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station, told The Daily Star that the accused, Raju Mia, is currently on the run and efforts are underway to arrest him.

According to the case statement, the victim's mother is a garment worker, and her father is an auto-rickshaw driver. Taking advantage of their absence during working hours, Raju, an auto-rickshaw driver and tenant in the same building, took the girl to a house in Mirpur’s Ahmed Nagar area around 3:00pm on September 15, 2025, intimidated her and raped her. Later, the man raped her several times and threatened her not to disclose it, said the case statement.

The incident came to light recently when the teenager fell ill, and a medical test confirmed her pregnancy. She is now pregnant, added the case statement.