A Netrokona court on Wednesday sentenced a local madrasah teacher to death for raping an 11-year-old girl in Madan upazila of Netrokona district, whereby she became pregnant.

Netrokona District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Abdus Salam handed down the punishment.

The convict is Aman Ullah Mahmudi alias Sagar.

The court also fined him Tk 1 lakh and directed the state to bear all expenses for upbringing, education and medical treatment of the child born following the rape until she gets married.

It further directed that the child be identified by both her father's and mother's names in all state and institutional records. The court also ordered that the expenses incurred for her be recovered from the convict's property or his property be confiscated.

The court also acquitted another accused in the case – Aiman alias Mamun Mia, elder brother of the convict, as the allegations brought against him could not be proved.

On October 28, the court fixed November 11 for delivering judgement after hearing the law-point arguments in the case.

According to the prosecution, the convict violated the 11-year-old girl, who used to study at Hazrat Fatema Tuz Zohra Women Qawmi Madrasah, several times.

When the girl showed signs of physical changes, her family members became aware of the matter. Medical tests later confirmed that she was pregnant.

The girl’s mother filed a case with Madan Police Station on April 23 this year against Aman and Mamun.

A team of the then Rapid Action Battalion (SRB) arrested Aman from Mymensingh district on May 6.

On July 2, the girl gave birth to a girl, and the DNA test matched the newborn baby.

Later, DNA samples were collected from the newborn and the prime accused following a court order. A Criminal Investigation Department (CID) report released in August found a 99.99 percent match between their DNA profiles, according to the prosecution.

On August 28, Sub-Inspector Md Akteruzzaman, the investigating officer of the case, submitted a charge sheet against Aman and his brother Mamun.