Dhaka, March 17 -- Authorities have arrested a man accused of breaking into a home and threatening a four-year-old girl with a knife while attempting to "rape" her mother in Jashore.

The incident occurred in the Birampur area on the town's outskirts around 11:30pm on Sunday.

The accused, 18-year-old Hasan Ali, was arrested two and a half hours after the filing of the case, according to Kazi Babul Hasan, chief of Jashore Kotwali Police Station.

The victim's father said that Hasan, a neighbour and a friend of his younger son, gained entry to the house alongside his accomplices on the pretext of charging his phone.

Once inside, he allegedly threatened the woman's child by putting a knife to her throat and attempted to "sexually assault" ...