Dhaka, March 19 -- Locals have beaten and then handed a man over to police in Dhaka's Nawabganj Upazila over the alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl.

The incident occurred at Daulatpur village in Koilal Union on Tuesday, said Nawabganj Police Station chief Mominul Islam.

The detained Nazim Khan, 45, is an autorickshaw driver and a local resident.

The victim has been admitted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition.

Locals said Nazim found the child alone at home and took her to the bathroom where he raped her and fled.

The child's family came to know of the incident after they found her crying. They initially took her to the Nawabganj Upazila Health Complex. The doctors there sent her to Dhaka for advanced treat...