Dinajpur: Locals caught a grocer red-handed while he was sexually harassing two minor girls at Balubari in Dinajpur city on Thursday night and handed him over to police, reports UNB.

Kowtali police sub-inspector Matiur Rahman said Nazir Hossain, 50, owner of a grocery store in the area, lured the two girls, aged around 8, to the backside of his store by promising them to give candies and started abusing them.

Going to the store, a woman customer noticed the incident and informed others.

The locals caught the child molester red-handed and gave him a good beating before handing him over to police.

The mother of one of the victims filed a case with Kotwali Police Station.

Meanwhile, Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Md Akhtar-ul-Alam sent the accused to jail on Friday.