Joypurhat: A minor girl has been raped by a young man at Srimantapur village in Panchbibi upazila.

Victim’s father filed a case with Panchbibi Police Station in connection with the incident on Thursday night, said officer-in-charge Ashraful Islam of the police station.

According to the case statement, Shahid Hossain, son of Mamtaz Uddin of the village, enticed the girl, a Class-IV student, to his house around 9am on Tuesday while she was going to her school.

Later, Shahid raped the girl keeping her confined to a room.

In the afternoon, the girl tactically ran away from the house and narrated the brutality to her mother after returning home.  

The victim was sent to Joypurhat Zila Modern Hospital for medical test, the OC said, adding that they were trying to arrest Shahid who went into hiding after committing the crime.