Madrasah teacher arrested for raping two students

A madrasah teacher in Panchagarh was arrested on the allegations of raping two of his students on Saturday at night, reports UNB.

The accused is identified as Abu Bakkar Siddique, 24, resident of Dakkhin Jinnat Para village in the sadar upazila.

Police said a panchagarh court sent Abu Bakkar to jail on Sunday after members of Boda station police arrested him from his own house on Saturday night and produced him before court.

Police made the arrest followed by a rape case lodged at Panchagarh Sadar police station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000, said Abdul Latif Mia, officer-in-charge (OC) of Panchagarh Sadar police station.

Earlier on 27 and 28 January, Abu Bakkar raped those two resident students in the madrasah, according to the case statement.

As the locals and parents of the students got information and interrogated the accused. At this point Abu Bakkar confessed that he raped two of his students.