Staff Correspondent:

Police arrested three teenagers over allegedly raping an 8-year-old speech impaired girl in Kagmari area of Chapainawabganj’s Shibganj upazila on Friday.

The arrestees are Sakhawat Hossain, 19, Abdur Rahman, 14, Babu Mia, 13, all are from Shahbazpur union.

The child’s father, Monirul Islam, filed a case at Shibganj Police Station accusing them, said Golam Kibria, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shibganj Police Station.

He said the 8-year-old speech-impaired girl went to offer Tarawih prayers at a nearby mosque on Thursday night.

At that time, on her way home after prayers, the accused took her to a nearby mango orchard and violated her in turns.

The incident came to light when she shared her ordeal with her parents. Later on Friday morning, locals detained the perpetrators and handed them over to the police.

The child was admitted to Chapainawabganj District Hospital for treatment, and the three accused were produced before the court in the afternoon, said the OC