OUR CORRESPONDENT, Benapole

A four-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her step-uncle while she was visiting her grandparents’ house in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah on Friday night.

Police found out about the incident yesterday after she was admitted to a hospital. No arrest was made and the family was yet to file a case till the writing of this report last night around 9:00pm.

The accused has been on the run since the incident came to light.

According to the girl’s relatives, she went to visit her grandparents with her mother on Thursday. On Friday night, the child’s step-uncle took her to a field and raped her. Later, the child told her family about the incident.

She was taken to Jibannagar Upazila Health Complex first and then sent to the One Stop Crisis Centre of Chuadanga Sadar Hospital, said Mostafizur Rahman Sujan, medical officer at Jibannagar Upazila Health Complex.

Jibannagar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mamun Hossain said, “The child lives in Jibannagar, and the incident took place in Maheshpur. However, if a case is filed with this police station, we will investigate and take action.”

Meanwhile, in Brahmanbaria, a district court yesterday sent a man to jail in a case filed over the rape of a 17-year-old girl with physical disabilities in Bancharampur upazila on April 1.

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