Reported by Avik Chakraborty
Dibrugarh: Dibrugarh police have arrested a 70-year-old man for the alleged rape and severe sexual abuse of a seven-year-old girl in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh district.
The incident took place in the Namrup area of Dibrugarh.
The accused has been identified as Khalidur Rahman, alias Mussa.
According to reports, Rahman, who runs a small shop near the victim’s house at the Dilli tea estate under the Namrup police station, allegedly molested, severely abused, and raped the minor girl on May 14 when she went to the shop to buy biscuits.
According to allegations made by the family members of the girl and the Namrup Aanchalik Gorkha Students Union, Rahman took full advantage of the minor girl’s innocence, dragged her into his home, and committed the heinous crime.
As the girl was reportedly threatened by the culprit, she did not disclose anything to her parents initially.
However, she later disclosed the matter to her mother when she could no longer bear the pain.
Later, police arrested the culprit on Saturday (May 16) based on an FIR lodged by the family of the victim.
The Namrup police station has registered case No. 11/2026 under section 65 (2) of the BNS, read with section 6 of the POCSO Act.
Meanwhile, the victim, after completing a mandatory medical examination, was sent to a Child Care Home in Dibrugarh, where she is recuperating.
The Namrup Aanchalik Gorkha Students Union, while severely condemning the crime, has demanded strict and exemplary punishment for the culprit.