Police have arrested a local Awami League leader in Sonagazi upazila of Feni for allegedly raping his 14-year-old niece.

Tomij Uddin Nayan, 50, president of local ward unit of Awami League under Motiganj union, was arrested around 11:00 pm on Thursday. 

The arrestee is a cousin of the victim’s father and a wood trader in profession. 

Sonagazi police station Officer-in-Charge (OC, investigation) Abdur Rahim Sarker said a police team conducted the drive in Bhadadia village and arrested Nayan after receiving a complaint of the victim’s family.

According to victim’s family sources, Nayan forcibly took the seventh-grader schoolgirl to his shop when she was going to coaching centre and raped her there on October 1. The girl did not disclose the matter out of fear.

However, she informed her mother about the incident on Thursday morning. Victim’s mother also filed a case with Sonagazi police station over the incident.

BDST: 1502 HRS, OCT 09, 2020
AP