One held over rape of 10‑year‑old

Police have arrested a man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj.

The arrestee, Morsalin Sheikh alias Raju, 20, of Nizamkandi village, was arrested in Keraniganj early yesterday. The child’s grandmother filed a case with Kashiani Police Station, said Inspector (Investigation) Sheikh Taj Uddin Ahmed.

According to the case statement, on April 7, when the girl was visiting her aunt in Kashiani upazila, Morsalin, a neighbour of the aunt, took the child to a nearby forest and raped her. Later, she informed family members.

She was admitted to a hospital in Gopalganj.