Khulna: A chemical factory employee was sent to judicial custody after he had surrendered himself to the court in connection with a case of raping an eight-year-old girl.

M Rabiul Islam, judge of Khulna Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, sent Mizanur Rahman Suman, 27, son of Khulna city councillor Mahmuda Begum, to jail rejecting his bail petition.

On Monday, Suman, also a master’s student of Azam Khan Government Commerce College, surrendered before the court and filed the bail petition.

According to the case statement, the girl was raped at Sheikhpara Bazar in the city on 17 January 2016.

Two days later, the victim’s mother filed a rape case against Suman with the Sonadanga Model Police Station.

After investigation, police submitted a charge sheet against Suman in the court and later the case was transferred to Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal for its quick disposal.