Police have arrested a man on charges of raping a 13-year-old boy who worked at his medicine store in Purbadhala upazila of Netrokona.
The accused, Abdullah Al Mamun Dulal, 53, was produced before a court yesterday after being arrested in a case filed by the victim’s father.
Dulal owns a medicine store and is the founder of Rawzatul Akfal Noorani Hafizia Madrasa, where he also teaches.
According to the case statement, the boy went to Dulal’s house behind the medicine shop around 9:00pm on Sunday after it closed. The accused’s wife and children were away visiting relatives at the time. The boy went to sleep in a room after dinner. Around 9:30pm, Dulal called him into his bedroom and raped him.
Mohammad Sentu Mia, inspector and in-charge of Shyamganj Police Investigation Centre, told The Daily Star that locals attacked the accused’s house and shop after learning about the incident. Police rushed to the scene after receiving information and detained Dulal, he said.