Madrasa teacher arrested in Tongi for burning 9-year-old student with hot iron

Police have arrested a teacher in Tongi, Gazipur, on charges of torturing a nine-year-old madrasa student by burning him with a hot iron.

The arrested teacher, Rabbi Hossain (25), teaches at Miftahul Madrasa in the Cheragali area of Tongi. His home is in Hossainpur upazila of Kishoreganj.

The victim is Md Osman Gani Naim, aged nine.

According to the child’s relatives and the case documents, teacher Rabbi Hossain pressed a hot iron against Naim’s buttocks on the afternoon of 4 November.

The next evening, on 5 November, the child’s mother went to the madrasa to take him home, and he told her about the torture.

Later on Sunday night, the mother went to Tongi East Police Station and filed a written complaint. On the basis of the complaint, police detained teacher Rabbi Hossain.

Maksudul Alam, officer-in-charge of Tongi East Police Station, said the teacher was taken into police custody and questioned after the incident came to light. In preliminary questioning, he admitted responsibility for the incident.

The OC said a case was then filed and the teacher was shown arrested. The process of sending him to court is under way.