A policeman has been sent to jail on charges of raping a 12-year-old girl in Narayanganj's Bandar upazila.

Md Ruhul Amin, 41, a constable of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Dhanmondi Traffic Division, was arrested at Chashara in Narayanganj city on Monday evening, said police.

Following a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, he was produced before a court yesterday, said Liaqat Ali, officer-in-charge of Bandar Police Station.

The victim, a domestic worker from Madaripur employed in Dhaka's Kalabagan area, is receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said OC Liaqat.

According to the case statement and initial investigation, the girl was found crying near the Kalabagan police box on Monday afternoon, where Ruhul was on duty.  "He took the child to his flat in Bandar and raped her. While returning to Dhaka later that evening, the girl began crying again in Chashara, which aroused suspicion among locals who informed police," Liaqat said.