Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested Sabira Nazmul, a BNP leader and former chairman of Jashore's Jhikargachha upazila, in Ghop area of Jashore town early today
He also threatened her with dire consequences if she had shared her experience with someone.
The victim, out of fear, kept mum but recently shared her experience with family members as she became pregnant.
Her father filed a case with Jhikargachha Police Station yesterday morning.
On information, police arrested the accused from Monirampur upazila in the district.
Mejbahuddin, inspector (investigation) of Jhikargachha Police Station, said the victim was seven-month pregnant and was sent to Jashore General Hospital for treatment and medical tests.
Police yesterday arrested a man in Jashore for his alleged involvement in the rape of a teenage girl in the district s Jhikargachha upazila.
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An eight-year-old has been raped allegedly by a 52-year-old man at a village in Jhikargachha upazila of Jashore.
The victim s father filed a rape case against Nur Mohammad with the Jhikargachha Police Station yesterday, said Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of the police station, today.
Police is trying to arrest the accused who went into hiding after the incident, our Benapole correspondent reports, quoting the police official.
According to the case statement, Nur Mohammad took the child, a class 2 student, to a banana plantation while she was playing near her house yesterday afternoon and raped her.