70-year-old man arrested for raping child in Jashore

Police arrested a 70-year-old man for raping a child in Sharsha upazila of Jashore. The arrestee, Abu Siddik Gazi, was arrested last night from his house in the upazila, reports our Benapole correspondent quoting Badrul Alam Khan, officer-in-charge of Sharsha Police Station.

The six-year-old victim's mother caught Abu Siddik in the act Tuesday afternoon, the OC said quoting the case statement. The arrestee admitted to his crime during primary interrogation, the police official said, adding that he will be produced in court Wednesday.