A Pabna court yesterday sent a man to jail on charges of raping a minor girl in the district’s Bhangura upazila.

The order came after police arrested the accused -- Mojnu Sarkar, 45 -- on the same day and placed him before the court.

The victim’s father filed a case with Bhangura Police Station on Friday night after he came to know about the rape.

According to the case statement, Mojnu raped the girl around four months ago and kept it a secret until the girl became pregnant.

Masud Rana, officer-in-charge of Bhangura Police Station, said Mojnu forcibly gave the girl abortion pills on Thursday. As her condition deteriorated because of the medicines, she was sent to Bhangura Upazila Health Complex.

Later, doctors sent her to Pabna Medical College Hospital as her condition was continuously deteriorating, the OC added.

Nargis Sultana, senior consultant of gynecology ward at Pabna Medical College Hospital, said the girl went through different medical tests.

“We will send the reports to the court soon,” Nargis said.