A union parishad (UP) member was arrested over the gang rape of a school girl in Naria upazila of Shariatpur on Saturday.
The arrestee was Liton Laskar, 50, a member of Ward 3 of the Kedarpur Union Parishad of the upazila. Liton is also the general secretary of the school's managing committee had been harassing the girl for a long time.
Shariatpur Additional Superintendent of Police (Naria Circle) Ahsan Habib said Liton and Sanjay Majumder, a part-time teacher of the school, called the victim to the library after the school closed on Sunday (March 24) and violated her. They threatened to kill her m if she told anyone.
Being scared, the victim did not inform anyone. But on Thursday, she told her mother and aunt about the incident and was later, admitted to Shariatpur Sadar Hospital.
On Friday afternoon, the victim's mother filed a case with Naria Police Station, accusing Liton and Sanjay.
Police arrested UP member Liton from Mulfatganj area, he said, adding that efforts are underway to arrest the other accused Sanjay.
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