Several firefighting units have been dispatched to the factory in the Bayezid Textile area
Police sent the girl to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for medical test after her family lodged a case around 9pm on Tuesday.
Bhatara Police Station OC Nurul Mostakin told bdnews24.com the mother of the victim alleged in the case that ‘Alamgir’, who she described as a stalker, launched the sexual assault.
“The mother of the girl works in a private firm. She alleged her daughter was raped when she went to work,” Mostakin said.
He said police were looking for the accused.
Earlier in the day, police in Jatrabarhi arrested three on charges of raping a college student.
In July, a young woman was allegedly raped at Lalbagh and another at Uttara.