Police arrested a 60-year-old man for raping a fourth-grader girl from Joypurhat municipality on Sunday afternoon.
The arrested man is Azizul Haque Fenci, a resident of Bishwas Para area in the municipality.
It was learnt that Azizul Haque is a founder of Hazrat Fatima (Ra.) Qawmi Hafizia Madrasa, which situated in Kashiabari area of Joypurhat municipality.
The victim, hailed from Naogaon, is a fourth-grader of that madrasa. During Eid-ul-Azha vacation the madrasa authority did not give her permission to go home as she could not pay her monthly tuition fees before Eid.
Then, the accused took the girl in his house tactfully as there was Eid vacation and raped her confining her at his house.
On Sunday (June 23), the girl managed to flee from the house of the madrasa owner and took shelter one of her friend's house near the madrasa and shared the whole incident to her friend's father.
Later, her friend's father took her to Joypurhat Sadar Police Station and filed a complaint against the madrasa owner. The victim's father later lodged a case in this regard.
Humayun Kabir, officer in-charge of Joypurhat Sadar Police Station, said, "We arrested Azizul Haque from Masua Bazar in Joypurhat city on Sunday afternoon following a case file. The accused confessed to his crime in the primary quizzing".
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