Case Filed Against Teacher Over Alleged Rape of Fourth-Grade Student in Jashore's Abhaynagar, Accused Absconding
A teacher at a primary school in Abhaynagar, Jashore, has been accused of raping a fourth-grade student of the school. The accused teacher has been absconding since the incident.
The victim has been admitted to hospital for a medical examination, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Sheikh Salahuddin Dipu said.
The victim's father said his daughter is a student at a primary school in Abhaynagar. On Monday afternoon, she went to the school bathroom to answer nature's call. At that time, schoolteacher Imran Hossain, son of the late Nazrul Islam of Buikara village, entered the bathroom and assaulted his daughter, the father alleged.
The father said that on Tuesday morning, the girl's mother pressed her to go to school. At that point she told her mother about the abuse. Seeing her injuries, relatives quickly informed the police.
On Tuesday, UNO Sheikh Salahuddin Dipu and Abhaynagar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Nuruzzaman went to the scene and spoke with the girl.
Over the incident, the girl's father, as plaintiff, has filed a case at Abhaynagar Police Station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, naming teacher Imran Hossain as the accused. Police rescued the girl and admitted her to Abhaynagar Health Complex for a medical examination.
Abhaynagar Police Station OC Mohammad Nuruzzaman told the media that a female police member examined the victim and found preliminary truth in the incident. He said the student's father had filed the case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act naming teacher Imran Hossain as the accused.
