Locals catch sexagenarian man for trying to ‘violate’ minor girl


FE Team | Published: March 26, 2018 19:05:29 | Updated: March 26, 2018 20:51:41


Locals catch sexagenarian man for trying to ‘violate’ minor girl

A sexagenarian man has tried to violate a 10-year-old girl at Hazirhat in Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong district.

Locals caught the culprit, Abul Kalam, 62, a former government employee, and handed him over to police. A case was also filed in this connection, reports UNB.

According to the case statement, Kalam, son of Ali Ahmed of Muftipara of Boalkhali municipality, took the girl to a house he built on the bank of a large pond in Hazirhat on Sunday afternoon when she went to a tailoring shop, and tried to rape her there.

As the victim started shouting, locals rushed in and rescued her.

They also caught Kalam, made him parade the area after putting a garland of shoes around his neck and handed him over to police after a mass beating.

Officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station Himangshu said they produced the culprit before a court.

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