3 madrasa teachers sacked

The authorities of Nurani Talimul Quran Hafizia Madrasa in Dinajpur yesterday sacked three teachers for their “direct” involvement in torturing a nine-year-old student.

The sacked teachers are Rezaul Islam, Riazul Islam and Shariful Islam.

Two other teachers -- Golam Mostafa and Sazzadur Rahman -- were also suspended for their negligence in duty.

Mazedur Rahman, president of the managing committee of the madrasa, yesterday announced the decision following a report of a five-member madrasa probe team formed on Monday.

Mazedur said the committee had found evidence against the three teachers of their “direct” involvement in torturing Abu Sayeed, a class-II student at the madrasa.

Dinajpur Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge ATM Khalekuzzaman told The Daily Star that the three teachers were sent to jail through a local court yesterday. The trio were arrested on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, victim's father Hasan Ali on Tuesday night filed a case with the same police station accusing the three teachers.

Levelling charges of theft against Sayeed, the trio caught the boy on Friday afternoon and tortured him brutally inside a room of the madrasa for three days.

On information, the victim's family with the help of locals rescued the boy on Monday night and took him to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital.

Expressing satisfaction over the rapid action taken by the police and the madrasa committee, the victim's father said, “Now I want justice.”