Teacher sentenced to death for raping 12-year-old madrasa girl

A court in Netrokona has sentenced madrasa teacher Aman Ullah Mahmudy, also known as Sagar, to death for raping a 12-year-old madrasa student in Madan upazila and causing her to become pregnant. The court also fined him Tk100,000.

Netrokona District and Sessions Judge and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Abdus Salam pronounced the verdict in the presence of the accused around 1:00pm on Wednesday.

Earlier, on 28 October, the court fixed 11 November for delivering the verdict after concluding arguments.

During the hearing, the prime accused, teacher Aman Ullah Mahmudy alias Sagar, pleaded for acquittal, offering to transfer all his property, including 12 decimals of land, in exchange for his release. However, the court firmly rejected his plea.

According to the case statement, in November 2025, Aman Ullah Mahmudy Sagar, director and teacher of a women's Qawmi madrasa in Panchhat Barabari village under Kaitail Union of Madan upazila, called the child to the madrasa and raped her.

He threatened to kill her if she disclosed the incident to anyone. Out of fear, the child kept the incident secret and eventually stopped attending the madrasa.

Later, her family noticed physical changes in her. In April this year, they took her to a doctor, who confirmed that the 12-year-old girl was pregnant.

On 23 April, the victim's mother filed a case with Madan Police Station against teacher Sagar and his brother Maimun alias Mamun Mia.

The incident sparked widespread outrage and condemnation across the country. The then Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-14) launched a shadow investigation into the incident and arrested the prime accused, teacher Sagar, from Gauripur in Mymensingh on 6 May. Police subsequently took him on a three-day remand for questioning.

During the legal proceedings, the victim gave birth to a baby girl at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on 2 July.

Later, on the court's orders, a team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) collected DNA samples from the newborn and sent them to a laboratory in Dhaka for testing.

The final DNA profiling report showed a 99.99 per cent match between the newborn and teacher Sagar, establishing his paternity.

Based on the DNA evidence, the investigation officer, Madan Police Station Sub-Inspector Md Akhtaruzzaman, submitted a charge sheet against teacher Sagar and his brother Mamun Mia to the court on 26 August under Section 9(1) of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act and Section 506 of the Penal Code.