Kushtia police said religious teacher Zohurul Islam, 26,son of Sahidul Islam of Masan in Mirpur upazila, used to give Al-Quran lessons at Masan Bazaar Mosque. On Sunday, after end of such lessons, Zohurul did not let the girl go home. Instead, he lured her by a mango to stay there. And when the other kids left the mosque, he raped the baby girl at about 4.15 pm.

As the girl cried for help, locals rushed to the scene and rescued her. They took her to local health complex. Later as her condition worsened, she was shifted to Kushtia General Hospital.

Local people captured the rapist and confined him to the mosque. Later police arrested him the same day.

A case was filed with Mirpur Police Station.

In Jhenidah, another five-year-old girl was raped at village Bhatoy in Sailkupa upazila.

Police said one Russel, 22,son of Sirazul Islam, raped the girl when she went to cut grass at a field nearby her house at about 11:00am on Sunday.

Family sources said on hearing the girl's cry for help they went to the field and found her lying there with her dress blood stained. The rapist, however, managed to escape the capture.

Police took the girl to Jhenidah Sadar Hospital and completed her medical test.

The father of the victim has filed a case against the rapist and his father Sirazul Islam with Sailkupa Police Station.

Police could not arrest the rapist, but picked up his father for interrogation.