Madrasa teacher jailed for life for rape of student

A Chattogram court has sentenced a madrasa teacher to life term imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old student in Chattogram's Swandip, reports bdnews24.com.
Judge Joynal Abedin of the Chattogram Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 announced the verdict on Thursday.
The convict, Abu Taher aka Shipon (30), is a native of Haramia village in Swandip. The court sent him to jail after the verdict was announced.
The court also fined the convict Tk 10,000 after the complaint against him was proven, said Special Public Prosecutor Zico Barua.
On June 09, 2021, the first grader went to her madrasa, according to the case documents. She had an exam scheduled on that day. After completing her exam, the girl was waiting at the madrasa for her brother, a motorcar driver, to pick her up. But her brother had to drive far that day and couldn't go to pick up his sister.
As Abu Taher found the student waiting alone for her brother, he caned her and forcefully took her to the madrasa's office. He raped her there and also threatened to harm her in case she shared the incident with her family.