Debidwar police have nabbed a youth for allegedly raping a madrasa student from Rajamehar village in Cumilla's Debidwar upazila on Monday. The arrestee was identified as Shaheen Miah (23), son of Abdur Rahim of Syedpur village under the upazila. According to the police, the arrested youth raped the 5th class madrasa student (13) on Saturday at around 12:30 pm in the abandoned house of Nitya Kabiraj in Syedpur village of Rajamehar union.
Later, the elder brother of the victim lodged a case with the police station on Sunday night and the police arrested the rapist Shaheen Mia. Md Sohrab Hossain, Investigating officer of the case, said, the accused Shaheen was fugitive since the incident. He was arrested from his aunt's house in Rajamehar area with the help of digital information technology.
After filing a case against him under the Women and Child Abuse Act at Debidwar Police Station, he was sent to jail through a court, the investigating officer added. Md Arifur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Debidwar police station, said, "The girl was taken into police custody receiving a complaint after the incident. She was sent to the forensic department of Cumilla Medical College Hospital for medical examination."
---Md Fakhrul Islam Shagor in Debidwar, Cumilla
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