Madrasa teacher arrested for attempted rape in Thakurgaon

A Thakurgaon court on Monday sent a madrasa teacher to jail for attempting to rape a nine-year-old male student in Sadar upazila.

Police arrested the accused – Ashraful Islam 25, teacher of Darul Quran Qwami Madrasa in Salandar union  – after the victim’s father filed a case with Sadar police station, said Thakurgaon Sadar police OC Tanvirul Islam.

OC Tanvirul Islam said the student was bathing at the mosque of the madrasa at around 12pm on Friday. At one point Ashraful entered and tried to rape the student.

When the student screamed, the accused threatened him not to disclose the matter. However, the survivor shared the matter with his aunt. Later, the his father filed a case on Monday morning.

Ashraful primarily confessed to the crime and magistrate recorded statement of the survivor under section 22 of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, the OC added.