Madrasa teacher arrested over ironing 9-year-old student

Police have arrested a madrasa teacher in Gazipur's Tongi over allegations that he burned a 9-year-old student with a hot iron.

The accused, identified as Rabbi Hossain, 25, was detained late on Sunday (November 8). He was subsequently shown arrested in a case filed on the basis of a written complaint lodged by the victim's mother.

Rabbi teaches at Miftahul Madrasa in the Cherag Ali area of Tongi. He is a resident of Hossainpur upazila in Kishoreganj.

According to the case statement, the teacher allegedly burned the child on the back of his body with a hot iron on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 4. The following evening, on November 5, the child's mother visited the madrasa to take him home. During the visit, the child told her about the alleged abuse.

The mother later lodged a written complaint with Tongi East Police Station. Acting on the complaint, police detained the accused teacher.

Maksudul Alam, officer-in-charge of Tongi East Police Station under Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP), said Rabbi Hossain admitted to the incident during preliminary questioning after his detention.

He said the teacher was formally shown arrested after a case was filed based on the mother's complaint. He was scheduled to be produced before a court on Monday afternoon.