2 arrested in Ctg over attempted rape, molestation of children

Police have arrested two men in separate incidents involving alleged sexual abuse of children in Chattogram city's Double Mooring and Bayezid Bostami areas.

According to police, a 50-year-old man was arrested this afternoon (22 May) over allegations of attempting to rape two girls aged 10 and 6 in the Agrabad Hajipara area under Double Mooring Police Station.

The incident reportedly took place around 12:30pm near Sunnia Mosque while the children were playing in a vacant area beside the mosque. 

Police said the father of the younger victim caught the accused, identified as Mohammad Ehsan, red-handed after becoming aware of the incident.

Locals later informed police, and officers from Double Mooring Police Station arrived at the scene and arrested him.

Double Mooring Police Station Officer-in-Charge Jamal Uddin Khan said the accused was handed over to police after being detained at the scene.

"Police took immediate legal action and produced the accused before the court," he added.

In a separate incident, police arrested another man over allegations of molesting a five-year-old girl in the Mohammad Nagar intersection area under Bayezid Bostami Police Station.

The incident took place around midnight, police said.

Locals reportedly detained the accused, identified as Md Hasan, at his residence after learning about the incident.

Bayezid Bostami Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Abdul Karim said police brought the victim and her family to the station after the incident and arrested the accused.

A case has been filed with the police station over the incident, he said.

The child was also sent to the One-Stop Crisis Centre at Chattogram Medical College Hospital for medical examination and treatment.