15-yr-old girl 'raped' in a running truck

A 15-year-old girl has allegedly been raped by driver and helper of a goods-laden truck inside the vehicle.

Police rescued the victim from the truck in ACI Panirkal area of Narayanganj's Siddhirganj around 10:00am yesterday.

Quoting the girl, Abu Bakar, sub-inspector of Siddhirganj Police Station, said she left home after a quarrel with her mother. She reached Gazipur Chowrasta area around 4:00pm on Tuesday.

Around 8:00pm, driver of the truck Mehedi Hasan and helper Sohan found the girl on the street alone and forced her to get on the vehicle, saying they would take her to Dhaka. But when the truck was heading towards Narayanganj, the duo raped her, the police official said.

As the truck stopped in ACI Panirkal area in the morning, locals heard the girl crying inside the truck, the SI added.

Police seized the truck, but both the driver and the helper managed to flee.

Later, law enforcers detained truck driver Mehedi from Siddhirganj around 7:00pm.

The SI said the girl, from Kapasia upazila of Gazipur, was sent to Narayanganj 100-bed General Hospital for medical tests.