Imam arrested red-handed inside mosque for attempting to rape child student at madrasa

❐ District Correspondent

Maulana Ali Hossain (58), an imam of a local mosque, has been arrested from his quarters inside the mosque on charges of attempting to rape a child student of a madrasa in Nagarkanda, Faridpur.

He was arrested red-handed from inside the Dargavita Jame Mosque in Chagaldi Dakshinpara, Nagarkanda Upazila Sadar, at 11 am yesterday. He was the imam at that mosque.

The arrested Imam Ali Hossain is the son of the deceased Ismail Hossain of Boro Kamdia village in Bhawal union of the neighboring Saltha upazila.

It is learnt that Ali Hossain forcibly took a madrasa student who was passing by the mosque to his bedroom on Saturday morning. Later, he tried to rape her. Hearing the screams, locals caught him red-handed and informed the police. The police went to the spot and arrested the accused Ali Hossain and took him to the police station.

The victim child said, I was passing by the mosque. The Imam took me to his room after telling me various things. He made me lie down on the bed, took off my clothes and tried to do bad things to me. When I screamed, people came and rescued me. Later, the Imam offered me 8,000 taka to cover up the incident.

Confirming the incident, Nagarkanda Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Rezaul Karim said that an imam named Ali Hossain has been arrested on charges of attempting to rape a child student of a madrasa.

The father of the victim child has filed a case with the police station in this incident. He said that he has been arrested and sent to court in that case.