Teacher Remanded for Three Days

A court in Madan, in Bangladesh’s Netrokona district, has granted a three-day remand for Amanullah Aman Sagar, the principal accused in a widely reported case involving the alleged rape of a female madrasa student.

The order was issued on Thursday (7 May) at around 11:00 a.m., after the accused was produced before the court. The investigating authorities had initially sought a seven-day remand for further interrogation.

According to lawyer Nurul Kabir Rubel, the alleged incident occurred on 2 October 2025, when the victim returned to her madrasa after a holiday. The teacher reportedly instructed the child to clean a mosque using a broom and later directed her to a room on the mosque’s veranda under the pretext of cleaning. It is alleged that he then forcibly raped her. Due to fear and embarrassment, the victim did not disclose the incident to anyone at the time.

Approximately seven months later, the victim’s mother noticed changes in her physical condition. On 18 April, she took her daughter to a diagnostic centre in Madan, where medical tests reportedly confirmed that the child was seven months pregnant. Following further questioning within the family, the victim disclosed the alleged incident, after which her mother filed a case at Madan Police Station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.

Law enforcement authorities later arrested the accused teacher, identified as Amanullah Aman Sagar, from Sonampur area in Gauripur upazila of Mymensingh district. The arrest was carried out by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) with the assistance of information technology-based tracking.

During his presentation before the court, the accused denied the allegations and stated that he was being falsely implicated. He maintained that although the victim had previously studied at his madrasa, he was not involved in the alleged offence. He also called for a fair investigation and requested DNA testing of the victim, arguing that premature judgment would allow the real offender to escape accountability.

Local residents and police sources stated that the accused had established a women’s Qawmi madrasa approximately four years ago. The victim reportedly lived at her maternal grandfather’s home and attended the institution from there. Her father had left the family, and her mother worked as a domestic worker in Sylhet to support the household.

The victim’s mother expressed deep distress over the incident, stating that she had been raising her four children under difficult financial circumstances. She said she had entrusted her daughter’s education to the madrasa but never imagined such an incident could occur.

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Sub-Inspector Akhtaruzzaman of Madan Police Station confirmed that initial medical examinations at a local clinic suggested pregnancy, which was later verified through a government hospital examination. Following these findings, police formally submitted a remand request, which the court partially approved, granting three days for further interrogation.