, June 15 -- A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal was arrested in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj district early Monday for allegedly attempting to rape a girl in Ataikula of Sadar upazila in Pabna.

The arrestee was identified as Abul Kashem, senior vice-president of ward No. 7 unit of Jubo Dal under Ataikula union, and son of Nizamuddin Sheikh of Ariadangi village in Sadar upazila.

Officer-in-Charge of Ataikula Police Station Mojibor Rahman said police traced the whereabouts of Kashem with the help of technology and arrested him from Sirajganj district.

On June 11, Kashem, also a trader, tried to violated the Class-VII student while she was returning home from her school.

The victim's mother filed a case against Kashem at Ataikula...