A seven-year old schoolgirl was admitted to Lalmonirhat sadar hospital with grievous injuries after being raped by a middle-aged man at Karnapur Mandaltari village on Friday night.
The victim, daughter of a poor rickshaw-van puller, is a student of class I of a local primary school.
Police said the rapist, Mojibar Rahman, had dragged the girl into a bamboo cluster when she went out after dusk to buy rice from a grocer, tied a piece of cloth around her face and raped her.
Hearing her screams, local people went to the spot and found the girl bleeding.
The alleged rapist, Mojibar Rahman, 35, of neighbouring Baparitari village, went into hiding after the incident.
The victim’s mother said she had sent her daughter out to buy rice from a grocer near their house. ‘Mojibar Rahman of the neighbouring village picked up my daughter on the way, took her into a bamboo cluster and raped her,’ she said.
The victim’s parents said they wanted justice. ‘I want exemplary punishment for the culprit who raped my daughter,’ said her father.
Medical officer of Lalmonirhat sadar hospital Nabiur Rahman said the child had sustained critical injuries and bled profusely. ‘We have completed her medical test and confirmed the rape. She is not out of danger yet.’
A rape case was lodged against Mojibar Rahman with Lalmonirhat sadar thana on Friday night and the police were trying to arrest him, the police said.
-With New Age input
