Madrassah teacher to die for raping minor girl in Netrakona

A court in Netrakona on Wednesday sentenced madrassah teacher Aman Ullah Mahmudi Sagor to death over the rape and impregnation of an 11-year-old student at Madan upazila in the district.

Aman Ullah’s brother, Mamun Mia, who was also an accused in the case, was acquitted as the allegation that he had threatened the victim’s family could not be proved.

Judge Abdus Salam of the Netrakona Children’s Violence Prevention Tribunal announced the verdict in the presence of the accused after examining witness testimonies, DNA test reports and other scientific evidence.

Confirming the matter, Nurul Kabir Rubel, public prosecutor of the tribunal, said that the court also fined the convict Tk one lakh.

The court further directed that the child born as a result of the rape be recognised as Aman Ullah’s child and registered accordingly.

It also observed that the state would bear all expenses related to the child’s upbringing and welfare, with the government entitled to recover the expenses from the convict.

According to case documents, the girl was a student at a women’s Qoumi madrassah under Madan upazila in Netrakona, where Aman Ullah was the founder-director and a teacher.

After her parents separated, she lived with her maternal grandfather while her mother worked as a domestic help in Sylhet.

Aman Ullah allegedly raped her repeatedly, resulting in pregnancy.

The incident came to light on April 18, when a medical examination revealed that she was seven months pregnant.

Her mother filed a case against Aman and his brother Mamun.

Aman Ullah went into hiding, but was arrested from Mymensingh’s Gauripur upazila early on May 6.

Following a court order, the Criminal Investigation Department collected his DNA sample on May 17.

Meanwhile, the girl was moved to a safe shelter in Sylhet on May 12 and gave birth to a baby girl at a local hospital on July 2.

The CID collected the newborn’s DNA sample on July 28 for the paternity test that found a 99.99 per cent match between the accused’s DNA and that of the newborn.

United News of Bangladesh adds, the Lalmonirhat Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl in 2024.

Judge Nityananda Sarkar of the tribunal handed down the punishment against Ashraf Hossain, son of Sahat Ali, of Kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat.

The tribunal also fined him Tk 50,000, with an additional three months of rigorous imprisonment in default of payment.

According to the prosecution, Ashraf took the girl to his house on December 8, 2024, promising to give her a banana, and then raped her there.

Source: New Age