Besides the deceased Abdullah, student Shihab raped 4 more children from the same madrasa

❐ Staff Reporter

Police have arrested the main accused in the sensational incident of raping and abetting suicide of a 10-year-old student at a madrasa in Rampura, Dhaka.

Accused Md. Shihab Hossain is 19 years old. Shihab, who fled from the madrasa to his village home after the incident, was arrested in a raid in Khakchhara village of Bera police station in Pabna district.

Today, Thursday, May 21st, Deputy Police Commissioner (DC) of Motijheel Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Harun Or Rashid, confirmed the arrest.

Child’s body wrapped in towel recovered from bathroom of Illuminated Quran Madrasa! Signs in anal canal

On the night of May 19, Rampura Police received information about the hanging body of a student named Md. Abdullah (10) with a towel wrapped around his neck at the Alokit Quran International Hifz Madrasa located in Banasree C-Block of Rampura Police Station.

Upon receiving the information, a police team went to the scene, prepared a post-mortem report on the body and sent it to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

While preparing the autopsy, the investigating officers found signs of abnormal sexual behavior in the child’s anus. After that, extensive interrogation began.

At one stage of the interrogation, the madrasa authorities said that Shihab Hossain was accused of engaging in abnormal sexual behavior with four other students, in addition to Abdullah.

Two separate cases have been filed over the incident. One case was filed by deceased Abdullah’s mother, Ms. Tuku Ara Khatun. She came to Rampura Police Station and filed the case against Shihab Hossain and unknown persons.

In this case, charges of rape have been filed under Section 9(1) of the Prevention of Violence against Women and Children Act, 2000 (Amendment/2003) and abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the Penal Code.

The other case was filed by the madrasa authorities, alleging the rape of several other students of the madrasa.

DC Harun Or Rashid said that Shihab Hossain was a student of that madrasa. Abdullah left the madrasa and went to his village home before committing suicide. Later, a raiding party of Rampura police station conducted a raid in Khakchhara village of Bera police station in Pabna district and was able to arrest him.

He also confirmed that there are multiple rape allegations against him.