Law enforcers yesterday arrested seven people, including a madrasa teacher, in Netrakona, Chandpur, Tangail and Jashore districts on rape charges.

In Netrakona, the madrasa teacher was held in Durgapur upazila as he reportedly raped his teenage domestic help whereby she became five months pregnant.

The arrestee is Shafiullah alias Emdad Belali, 40, teacher of Madhuakona AU Alim Madrasa.

The rape allegation came to the fore on August 18 when locals tried to settle it but failed.

On Tuesday, victim's mother filed a case against the teacher and around 2am on Wednesday, police arrested the accused, said officer-in-charge of Durgapur Police Station Mir Mahbub.

In Chandpur, police arrested a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) he attacked a rape victim for filing a rape case against him in Shahrasti upazila.

The arrestee was identified as Sohel Hossain, general secretary of upazila unit BCL and son of Ahsanullah of Bolshid village in upazila.

Quoting the victim's father, officer-in-charge of Shahrasti Police Station Mohammad Shah Alam said Sohel raped the victim several times promising to marry her.

Sohel got agitated when the girl's father filed a case against him on Tuesday for his refusal to marry her.

In the early hours of Wednesday, Sohel and his accomplices launched an attack on the victim's house and warned the family of dire consequences if they did not withdraw the case.

However, locals caught the BCL leader and informed police.

Sohel was sent to jail after he was produced before a court in the afternoon. The victim was also sent to Sadar Hospital for medical test.

In Tangail, two young men, suspected to be involved in the gang-rape of a teenage girl in Narayanganj, were arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the early hours.

The arrestees were identified as Md Abdul Quader, 19, son of late SM Samad, and his associate Abu Bakar Siddique, 23, son of late Mizan of Fatullah in Narayanganj.

According to Rab-11, the victim's family resides in Railway Station area of Narayanganj. The teenager went to buy oil on the night of August 28 when Quader and Bakar took her to a nearby field and raped her.