70-Year-Old Man Rapes 7-Year-Old Child by Threatening with Dog

Local Correspondent

A 70-year-old man took advantage of a 7-year-old child’s fear of dogs and raped her three times within ten days in Lalmai upazila, Cumilla.

The first incident occurred on February 27, and the third incident took place on the night of March 8 in the Bhushchi village of Belghar North Union. The elderly man used the child’s fear of dogs to lure her into an abandoned kitchen and raped her.

Local influential figures attempted to cover up the incident by organizing a village arbitration and settling the matter for 50,000 taka. However, their efforts were thwarted after the joint forces intervened. On Sunday afternoon, the victim’s mother filed a case against the accused, Abad Ullah, at Lalmai Police Station.

According to police, case details, and locals, the victim is a second-grade student at a local girls’ madrasa. She is afraid of dogs, which Abad Ullah knew. On February 27, he lured the child into an abandoned kitchen on her way home from the madrasa, threatened her with a dog, and raped her. Over the next ten days, he raped her twice more in the same manner. The latest incident occurred on the night of March 8.

The victim’s uncle said, “After my niece told her mother everything, the matter reached the village elders. They held an arbitration meeting and fined Abad Ullah 50,000 taka. When the joint forces arrived at 2 AM after learning about the incident, the mediators fled.”

The arbitration meeting was led by Montaz Bhuiyan, Abdus Sobhan, Fazlur Rahman Mintu, Zakir Hossain, and others. The police arrested Abad Ullah that night.

Assistant Sub-Inspector Redwan Hossain of Bhushchi Bazar Police Investigation Center said, “After a team from the Lalmai Army Camp arrived, we also went to the victim’s house. After hearing the victim and her family, we arrested the elderly man and brought him to the police station. The victim’s mother has filed a case.”

Lalmai Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shah Alam said, “The accused has been arrested. The child has been sent to Cumilla Medical Hospital for a medical examination. The elderly man has been shown arrested in the case and sent to jail.”