Benapole: A class-III student was reportedly raped by a youth at Boro Mandartola village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore on Tuesday night.

Mosiur Rahman, officer-in-charge, Sharsha Police Station, said Shukur Ali forcibly took the 10-year-old schoolgirl beside the resident when she was returning home from her neighbour’s house at 9.00 pm and raped her.

Hearing her screams, neighbours rescued the victim and admitted her to Jessore Medical College Hospital.

Due to excessive bleeding, her condition is very critical, the police officer added.

Police, later, arrested alleged rapist Sukur Ali, 20, son of Ebrahim Ali of the village in Sharsha upazila.