Student Found Dead in Madrasa Bathroom: Two Arrested Teachers Sent to Jail

❐ BD Digest Desk

A court has ordered the jailing of two teachers arrested in connection with the recovery of a child student’s body from a madrasa in the capital’s Rayerbagh area of ​​Jorakhamba.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibuzzaman issued the order after hearing the police’s application on Tuesday, August 4.

Sub-inspector Abdus Chabur of the Prosecution Department confirmed the matter.

The accused who went to jail are: Rawazaatul Uloom Hafiziya Noorani Madrasa teachers Md. Zakaria (35) and Md. Zobayer Ahmed (20).

On that day, the investigation officer of the case, Kadamtali Police Station Sub-Inspector Amjad Hossain, presented the accused in court and requested to be detained in jail. However, there was no lawyer for the accused.

On Monday afternoon, August 3, the body of a 13-year-old student named Md. Naeem Sheikh was recovered from the third-floor bathroom of Rawazaatul Uloom Hafizia Noorani Madrasa.

The child’s mother, Nazma Begum, filed a case against teachers Zakaria and Jobair in the incident. They were then arrested from the madrasa around 10pm.

The case alleged that the two teachers tortured Naeem on various pretexts. Naeem told his mother about the matter. Later, Najma Begum wanted to bring her son from the madrasa. But the accused did not give him a release from the madrasa.

The accused continued to torture Naeem because he did not want to study at the madrasa. On Monday afternoon, Naeem told the teachers that he would not study at the madrasa. He was then beaten. Later, the accused strangled him to death.

Some students studying in the madrasa, who did not reveal their names for security reasons, told the reporter that the hujurs rape the students. If anyone does not agree with their words, they oppress and torture them. Those who have no way to reach their families are enduring these tortures day after day, keeping their mouths shut.

The students, seeking safety for their lives, pleaded to be protected from these tyrannical teachers.