4th-grader ‘raped’ in Dhaka

A fourth-grader madrasa student has been "raped" reportedly by a rural physician in Dakkhin Khan area of Dhaka.

Police arrested Bijoy, 35, a rural physician of an NGO-run clinic Daridro Seba Songtha in the area, yesterday hours after a case was filed with Dakkhin Khan Police Station against him in connection with the incident, said Assistant Sub-Inspector Nasir Uddin of the police station.

According to the case statement, Bijoy raped the girl after making her unconscious with sedatives at the clinic when the victim’s father took her there for treatment on April 23.

The victim is now undergoing treatment at One-Stop Crisis Center of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

OCC Coordinator Dr Bilkis Begum told The Daily Star that they have conducted necessary test of the victim.