Gaibandha Representative/

A fifth grade school girl was raped in Gobindganj upazila of Gaibandha. When a case was filed in this incident, the police arrested a young man named Mehdi Hasan (25), the accomplice of the rapist.

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Gobindganj police station Izar Uddin confirmed this information on Saturday (December 24) afternoon.

The rape victim has been admitted to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, said the OC.

According to the source of the case, the student went out of the house to fetch paddy straw on Thursday (December 22) evening. Meanwhile Suman Pradhan (26) son of Abdul Jalil Pradhan of Chak Singhdanga village and his associate Mehedi Hasan (25) son of Mumtaz Ali of Pagail Nakai village of Nakai union grabbed the student’s face and took him to a grassy field next to the abandoned chatal. There Suman raped the principal school student. Suman is guarded by Mehdi Hasan. Suman and Mehdi Hasan ran away leaving the student sick.

Later, when the student went to a nearby relative’s house and reported the incident, he was first admitted to Gobindganj Hospital and later to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra.

On Friday (December 23) night, the school girl’s father filed a case with Gobindganj police station accusing Sumon Pradhan and Mehedi Hasan. After the case, the Thana Police arrested Mehedi Hasan, accused number 2 of the case, in the night.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gobindganj police station Izar Uddin said that accused number 2 of the rape case has been arrested. The police operation is continuing to arrest the other accused Suman.