Sketch leads to arrest of rapist in capital

After a six-year-old child was raped in the city's Kadamtoli area a week ago, police managed to find clues on the perpetrator from CCTV footage. They suspected an youth, but could not identify him as he was wearing a mask.

Then, an officer commissioned a professional artist for a sketch of the suspected youth, and pasted it in different points of the city to get information on him.

Finally, a local identified the youth. Based on a tip-off, a team of police carried out a raid and arrested Tutul (22) from Muradpur in Kadamtali on Friday night, said Shah Alam, assistant commissioner (Shyampur Zone) of DMP.  

"In primary interrogation, Tutul admitted that he raped the girl on April 25," said Shah Alam, who led the drive.

Tutul told police that he took the child to the rooftop of a building, the AC added.

After the child was rescued from the five-storey building, her father filed a case with the local police station.

Police collected footage from 16 CCTV cameras of nearby areas and one partially shows a man wearing a mask standing in front of the building, holding the child's hand.

As per the suggestion of Wari Division's Deputy Commissioner Shah Iftekhar Ahmed, the AC sought help from an artist for a sketch, which led to the arrest, he said.