A Chapainawabganj court has sentenced a madrasa teacher to life term imprisonment for raping a student.
The lifer is Saibur Rahman, of Biswanathpur village of Kansat union of Shibganj upazila.
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The court also fined him Tk 50,000.
Chapainawabganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Naresh Chandra Sarkar pronounced the judgment in presence of the accused.
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On February 20, 2022, Saibur Rahman, director and teacher of a Hafezia Madrasa, was arrested on charge of raping a student, said, state counsel Adv Enamul Haque.
A case was registered against him at Shibganj Police Station on that night.
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