Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday visited the site of the riverfront beautification work being undertaken on the bank of the Brahmaputra near
Police have already launched an operation to arrest the alleged accused, said the inspector.
Noni Gopal, a ward member of Charbaniari Union Parishad, came to the victim s house around 10:30am today for taking a photocopy of the national identity card and mobile number of her father to provide coronavirus aid from government, the police officer said quoting the victim s father.
When the girl s father and mother went to Chitalmari Sadar Bazar for work, Noni Gopal came again to the house and raped her, Iqram Hossain quoted the father as saying.
The parents came to know of the matter when the child told them of the incident after they returned home, said the inspector.