Police arrested Md Murtuz Ali, 40, a member of ward no-4 of Nannar Union Parishad, on charge of raping a garment worker in Dhamrai upazila of the capital on Saturday afternoon.
The alleged rapist, who promised to marry the garment worker, violated her several times after taking her to different places, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Rezaul Haque Dipu of Dhamrai Police Station quoting the victim.
A case was filed in this connection, according to a local media report.