
Police arrested a man at Taltali upazila in
Barguna district in a case filed over rape of a housewife.
Arrested Jalal Mridha, 50, is the step brother-in-law of the victim.
The victim filed a case with Taltali Police Station on Friday.
According to the case statement, Mridha took the victim to a paddy field in Chaulapara area on Thursday evening when she was going to her grandmother’s house and raped her.
Police arrested Mridha and sent him to jail following a court order.
The Police Station officer in-charge (OC) Md Kamruzzaman Mia confirmed the matter on Saturday afternoon.
MH/ALM