Police constable rapes girl, 16 hurls her through ventilator

Madaripur, May 20 (UNB)- A 54-year-old police constable in Sadar upazila was withdrawn on Monday for throwing a teenage girl out of his house through the ventilator after raping her.

Muktar Hossain, 54, was working as a constable at Madaripur.  

Kamrul Hossain, officer-in-charge of Madaripur Sadar Police Station, said the constable has been residing with his wife in rented accommodation in TB Clinic area of the town for a long period. He called the 16-year-old girl in absence of his wife and violated her at 8 pm on Sunday.

Hearing her screaming, locals arrived and confined the constable in his own house. At one stage though, he threw the girl out of his house through the ventilator.

Later, the constable was withdrawn and attached to the nearest police lines as the news spread.

Besides, a probe body has been formed to look into the matter headed by Badrul Alam Mollah, additional superintendent of police, Madaripur Sadar Circle.