Child student raped in madrasa room while going to fetch books from teacher

Gazipur Correspondent

A seventh-grade child student was raped after going to fetch books from a teacher in Sreepur, Gazipur.

On July 3, Thursday, police arrested accused teacher Arif Mia (28) based on a case filed by the student’s grandfather at Sreepur Police Station.

The Officer-in-Charge (OC) in charge of Sreepur Police Station, Muhammad Abdul Barik, confirmed that the accused admitted to the rape during initial investigation.

According to the case statement, on June 28, Saturday, around 11:15 AM, the child student was forcibly raped by teacher Arif in the office room of Mulaid (Rangila) Talimul Quran International Women’s Madrasa.

Arif Mia is a resident of Mulaid village in Telihati Union of Sreepur Upazila. He is a teacher at Mulaid Ayesha Pre-Cadet and High School.

In the case statement, the victim’s grandfather mentioned that the victim was a student of the same school. She used to take private lessons from teacher Arif. Taking advantage of this, Arif tried to build a relationship with the student. A few days earlier, he took a science book from the student. On the day of the incident, Arif told the student to come to Mulaid (Rangila) Talimul Quran International Women’s Madrasa to take the book back. When the student went to the madrasa as per his instructions, Arif took her to the office room on the third floor and forcibly raped her. When the student tried to scream, teacher Arif threatened her and forbade her from telling anyone about the incident.

Later, when the student returned home and informed her mother about the incident, after discussions with family members, a case was filed against the teacher at Sreepur Police Station on Thursday.

The Officer-in-Charge (OC) in charge of Sreepur Police Station, Muhammad Abdul Barik, said, “Teacher Arif Mia was arrested from the Mulaid area based on the complaint filed by the victim’s grandfather. During initial interrogation, he admitted to the rape. He was sent to jail through the court on Thursday afternoon.”