A sexagenarian man has been detained after he attempted to rape a 10-year-old girl at Hazirhat in Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong. Locals caught the culprit, former government employee Abul Kalam, 62, and handed him over to police. When the victim began screaming, locals rushed to the scene and rescued her. They also caught Abul, made him parade through the area with a garland of shoes around his neck, and handed him over to police after a mass beating. Boalkhali police station OC Himangshu said they had produced the culprit before a court.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 26, 2018 17:03 UTC