Staff Reporter:
A man has allegedly raped a seven-year-old girl, luring her with the promise of buying chocolate in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.
The incident took place in the Ruposhi Baghbari area under Tarabo municipality on Thursday.
Local people and eyewitnesses said the family of the rape survivor lives in a rented house owned by Tansen in the area.
Ibrahim, a raw material trader in the same area, took the child inside his shop and violated her.
A woman witnessed the incident and informed other people about the matter, they said.
The child also told her parents about the incident later.
Meanwhile, Tansen, Ibrahim’s landlord Rubel, and influential locals offered Tk5,000 to the rape survivor’s family to cover up the incident.
As the news spread, residents of the neighbourhood staged demonstrations in front of the house of Ibrahim around 9pm, demanding his punishment.
Sensing that the situation was getting worse, Rubel and Tansen assisted Ibrahim to flee from the house, local people alleged.
The child’s father demanded justice for her daughter.
Upon receiving the news, police and upazila administration officials rescued the child and sent her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for medical examination and treatment.
