Police arrested a madrasa teacher from Daganbhuiyan upazila in Feni for alleged sexual assault on an eight-year old male student on Thursday.
The teacher was identified as Mowlana Abdul Jalil,21, resident teacher of Kawmi and Hafezia Madrasa in Bhabanipur village in Rajapur union.
“The accused teacher has been on the crime for a long time. Recently the student refused to go back to the madrasa after the vacation ended. As his parents inquired, he informed them of the matter, “ said Joynal Abedin Mamun, Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Rajapur.
Md Hasan Imam, officer-in-charge of Daganbhuiyan police station said the teacher was arrested after a case was filed by the student’s father with police.
“The man used to threaten to beat the boy and swear by religion to force upon him. He has been jailed by the court and the boy has been sent to hospital for medical tests,” said the OC.