| A religious teacher raped a five-year-old girl in a mosque in Kushtia while another girl of the same age was violated in Jhenidah in separate incidents on Sunday. Kushtia police said religious teacher Zohurul Islam, 26, son of Sahidul Islam of Masan in Mirpur upazila, used to give Al-Quran lessons at Masan Bazaar Mosque. On Sunday, after end of such lessons, Zohurul did not let the girl go home. Instead, he lured her by a mango to stay there. And when the other kids left the mosque, he raped the baby girl at about 4.15 pm. As the girl cried for help, locals rushed to the scene and rescued her. They took her to local health complex. Later as her condition worsened, she was shifted to Kushtia General Hospital. Local people captured the rapist and confined him to the mosque. Later police arrested him the same day. A case was filed with Mirpur Police Station. |