Court records abused child's testimony over molestation in Tongi Madrasa
The accused teached who molested a child is being taken to Police station. Agamir Somoy.
The madrasa child has given her testimony in court in the case filed over the allegation of inappropriately touching her in Tongi of Gazipur. Police said the child described the incident before the judge at the Gazipur Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Wednesday (October 22).
The investigating officer of the case and Sub-Inspector (SI) Md. Ziaur Rahman Zia of Tongi West Police Station confirmed the matter on Saturday. He said the court recorded the testimony of the child victim. In her testimony, she stated that the accused teacher, Vice Principal Md. Moslem Uddin, kissed her and inappropriately touched various parts of her body.
The Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Arifur Rahman of Tongi West Police Station, said, the testimony of the child victim has been taken in court. The subsequent legal process in the matter is ongoing.
According to police and the case statement, on Wednesday (October 21), an allegation was raised against a teacher of Tongi's Qariul Quran International Madrasa of inappropriately touching the seven-year-old student. In the incident, the child's father, Shahjalal Rumi, went to the madrasa, beat up the accused teacher, and handed him over to the police. He later filed a case as the complainant at Tongi West Police Station. After the case, police showed the accused teacher as arrested and sent him to jail through the court.
Meanwhile, counter-cases have been filed centering on the incident. Alongside the case filed by the child's father, the madrasa principal has filed another case as complainant against Shahjalal Rumi.
