Netrokona madrasah teacher gets death penalty for raping 11-year-old girl

A Netrokona court on Wednesday sentenced madrasah teacher Aman Ullah Mahmudy, also known as Sagar, to death for raping an 11-year-old female student and making her pregnant in Madan upazila.
Netrokona District and Sessions Judge and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Abdus Salam pronounced the verdict while the convict was present in the dock. The court also fined him Tk100,000.
Earlier, on 28 October, after hearing arguments from both sides, the court set 11 November to deliver the verdict. 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, director and teacher of a women’s Qawmi madrasah in Panchhat Barabari village, called the child to the madrasah 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 madrasah.
Later, her family noticed physical changes in her. In April this year, they took her to a doctor, who confirmed that the 11-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.
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 from 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% 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.