Kushtia BNP leader held for ‘rape attempt’

Police on Friday arrested a septuagenarian leader of local BNP leader on charge of attempting to rape a mentally challenged woman at Mirzanagar village in Mirpur upazila.

Officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station Azizur Rahman said victim’s mother filed a case under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act on Friday.

According to the case statement, Abul Kashem Mondal, 70, president of Ward-1 BNP of Baraipara union, tried to violate the woman while she was returning home after taking a bath in a pond on Thursday afternoon.

After hearing her screams, local people came to the spot but Kashem fled the scene. 

Source: UNB