A schoolgirl from Melandah upazila was lured to the capital with the promise of marriage where she was raped.

The traumatised girl is a class-VIII student of a local school.

One Muzammel, 35, father of two children of her locality, developed a relationship with the girl. He allegedly took her to Dhaka promising to marry her on November 22 and raped her there, said police quoting the victim's family members.

On Saturday Muzammel along with the girl left Dhaka for Melandah on a train after she had fallen severely sick, alleged the family members.

They got down from the train at Durmuth Station in Melandah in the afternoon. Muzammel left the ailing girl alone and escaped, police said.

On information, police rescued the girl and admitted her to Melandah Upazila Health Complex. She was later shifted to Jamalpur General Hospital as her condition deteriorated, said Mazharul Karim, officer-in-charge of Melandah police.

The victim's father filed a rape case against Muzammel yesterday afternoon. The OC said they were trying to arrest the accused.