A Gazipur court on Sunday sent Moslem Ahmed, the vice-principal of Qari-ul-Quran International Madrasah at Tongi in Gazipur, to jail in a case filed over the alleged sexual harassment of a Class-I girl.

Gazipur Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Omar Haider passed the order when police produced him before the court.

The court also turned down his bail petition.

The girl’s father filed the case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, accusing the teacher of sexually abusing his daughter.

According to the family, the alleged incident took place on the staircase on the ground floor of the madrasah on October 19. The girl reportedly did not want to attend the madrasah after the incident and later disclosed what happened to her parents when they asked her about it.

On October 21, the girl’s relatives went to the madrasah and confronted the accused teacher, demanding an explanation. As the matter became known, local people gathered at the institution and physically assaulted the teacher, which went viral on Facebook.

On receiving information, police rushed to the spot and brought the teacher to the police station.

A case was filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.

The magistrate of the tribunal also recorded the statement of the girl in the case on October 22.