GAZIPUR:
A madrasa teacher has been arrested in Tongi, Gazipur, on allegations of torturing a 9-year-old student named Osman Goni Naeem by burning him with a hot clothes iron. The incident occurred on Sunday night at Miftahul Madrasa in the Cherag Ali area.
Following the incident, police detained and took the accused teacher, Rabbi Hossain (25), to the police station. According to police, he hails from Hossainpur Upazila in Kishoreganj District and has confessed to the crime.
According to the victim's relatives and the police case statement, teacher Rabbi Hossain burned the backside (buttocks) of Osman Goni with a hot iron at the madrasa in the Cherag Ali area on Wednesday afternoon. The following evening (Thursday), the child’s mother went to the madrasa to take him home, at which point the boy revealed everything to her.
In response to the incident, the victim's mother informed the Tongi East Police Station on Sunday night and filed a written complaint. Based on the complaint, police detained Rabbi Hossain.
Tongi East Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Maksedul Alam stated that upon learning of the incident, police took the madrasa teacher into custody for questioning. The teacher initially confessed to the incident.
He added that a case has been filed over the incident. Rabbi Hossain has been shown arrested under the case filed by the madrasa student's family, and procedures are underway to send him to court.