Kushtia, Oct. 6 -- year-old girl in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia is reportedly around seven months pregnant after "being raped" repeatedly by her step-grandfather.

Locals caught the accused, Rois Uddin, 55, son of late Nader Uddin of Raydanga village under Kaya union, on Tuesday morning. However, he fled before police arrived to arrest him, locals said.

Police and relatives said the girl's mother died about 12 years ago. After her father remarried, her stepmother sent her to live at her step-grandfather's house, where Rois allegedly raped her for around a year after threatening to kill her.

Recently, the girl developed abdominal pain, and her relatives initially suspected she had a tumour. A gynaecologist examined her and said she was...