UNB, Chuadanga :
A 55-year-old director of a women’s madrasa in Darshana upazila of Chuadanga has been arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old student on several occasions.
The arrestee has been identified as Mufti Golam Kibria. A purported video of the accused admitting to the heinous crime has gone viral.
Kibria was, in fact, nabbed by local residents on Thursday as he attempted to flee when the girl’s parents confronted him after the rape survivor confided in them.
AHM Lutful Kabir, officer-in-charge of Darshana police station, said the accused was handed over to cops by locals and a rape case was filed against him on a complaint from the father of the girl.
According to the complaint, Kibria raped the child, a third grade student of the same madrasa, repeatedly over a period of time in a rented house in the vicinity.
The girl’s parents got a whiff of her crime from her classmates after she narrated her ordeal to them. Later the girl confided in her parents too.
Ahmed Ali Bishwash, investigating officer in the case, said medical tests of the student have been conducted and she also recorded her statement before a judicial magistrate.
