Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the man, and a womanPolice has held a man as he was selling his teenage daughter in a brothel of Daulatdia in Rajbari district. Police said the 13 year old victim was Ershad's daughter from his first marriage which ended in divorce. Under pretense of taking her to Dhaka, Ershad took the girl to the brothel, where a police team, acting on a tip-off, rescued the girl and arrested both Ershad and Shilpi. Even after being rescued, the victim girl apologized for her father's act and pleaded for his release, said OC of Goalanda Terminal Police, Md Ezaz Shafi. SI Oliar Rahman of Goalanda Terminal Police, filed a case in this regard.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 17, 2019 17:15 UTC