A court has sentenced a madrasa teacher to death in a case filed over the rape of an 11-year-old girl in Madan upazila of Netrokona.
The convict, Aman Ullah Mahmudi, alias Sagor Huzur, was also fined Tk100,000.
Another accused, Maimun, alias Mamun Mia, who is the brother of the convicted teacher, has been acquitted by the court.
Judge Abdus Salam of the Netrokona Tribunal for the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Children delivered the verdict on Wednesday afternoon. Both accused were present in court when the verdict was announced.
Public Prosecutor Nurul Kabir Rubel, representing the state at the tribunal, confirmed the verdict.
He said the trial was completed within 60 days, with statements from 10 witnesses recorded, hearings conducted, and the police charge sheet and DNA tests completed within that period.
According to the case statement, Mahmudi established a women’s Qawmi madrasa nearly four years ago.
After her parents separated, the girl lived at her maternal grandfather’s house and attended the madrasa. Her mother works as a domestic worker in Sylhet to support the family.
On 18 April, a medical examination at a clinic in Madan municipal town confirmed that the girl was pregnant. Subsequently, on 23 April, her mother filed a case against madrasa teacher Aman Ullah Mahmudi, also known as Sagar.
Sagar was arrested by law enforcers on 6 May in Gauripur upazila of Mymensingh. The following day, a court placed him on a three-day remand.
After the remand, the court ordered a DNA test following an application by the investigation officer.
Considering the child’s safety and future, the court ordered on 12 May that she be transferred to a safe home in Sylhet under the Department of Social Services.
She gave birth to a baby girl there on 2 July.
On 9 July, police applied to the court for permission to conduct a DNA test on the newborn. Following the court’s order, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) collected the baby’s samples from the safe home in Sylhet on 28 July.
At the time, Public Prosecutor Nurul Kabir Rubel told journalists that the CID report found a DNA profile match between the child of the 11-year-old girl and the accused madrasa teacher, Aman Ullah Mahmudi, also known as Sagar.
He said the report established that Sagar was the biological father of the girl’s daughter.
On 27 August, police submitted a charge sheet to the court against Sagor Huzur and his brother, Mamun Mia.
