BARASAT: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 26-year-old neighbour at Sandeshkhali in North 24-Parganas on Friday evening.

The accused, Imtiaz Ali Mollah alias Bapi, was arrested on Saturday. This comes only a day after the alleged gang rape of a Class-XI student in Deganga on Thursday evening.

The girl, a Class-III student of a local primary school and a resident of Seahara Purba Bhalukha, was returning home from tuitions. According to the complaint lodged by the girl’s family, Mollah lured the girl with fire crackers, took her to an abandoned place and then raped her.

“After returning home, the girl narrated her plight to her parents, who in turn took her to a local hospital and later lodged a complaint,” said police.

Mollah was picked up from his residence and produced in a Basirhat court that remanded him in police custody for a week.

