The 60-year-old accused was arrested in Dhaka’s Islampur in connection with the alleged rape in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan.
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Police have arrested a garment factory owner within 24 hours of a case being filed over the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan upazila.
The accused, Anwar Majhi, 60, was arrested from Dhaka’s Islampur area around 3:30am today (15 November) following an overnight operation, police said.
According to the police and the case statement, the incident took place around 2:30pm on 12 November at Anwar’s private office at Indian Textile, a garment factory in the Kathaltali area of Jainshar union in Sirajdikhan.
The victim’s mother alleged that Anwar locked the office door and raped her daughter before confining her inside the room.
The girl’s mother, Halima Khatun, 49, had been working at the factory for nearly two months. According to the case statement, the girl was assigned to assist with office work in the owner’s private office after her mother became acquainted with him.
The complaint further stated that family members went to the factory and rescued the girl after learning that she had been confined there.
Halima filed a written complaint with Sirajdikhan Police Station on 13 November. Police subsequently registered a case and launched an operation to arrest the accused
The victim has been sent to Munshiganj General Hospital for a medical examination.
Confirming the arrest, Sirajdikhan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Alauddin said Anwar, the prime accused in the case, had been arrested and further legal proceedings were under way.
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