Madrasa student flees confinement

Police rescued a 10-year-old madrasa student from Magura bus stand area on Monday night, with his left leg still tied up with an iron shackle and a piece of wood.

The victim is Abujar Rahman, 10, son of Abdul Alim of Indra village under Bagharpara upazila of Jessore district.

Abujar was admitted to Bagharpara's Darilakur Madrasa three years ago but his teacher Jahangir Hossain physically tortured him from the beginning.

For this reason he fled from the madrasa several times, but his father returned him there.

Four months ago, Jahangir bound the boy with iron shackles and a piece of wood so that he could not escape, police and the victim said.

The boy's family allegedly consented to Jahangir's inhuman act.

Finally Abujar fled with the shackle and got on a Magura-bound bus.

"A local journalist brought the shackle-bound boy to the police station on Monday night and we informed his father," said Ajmal Huda, officer-in-charge (OC) of Magura Sadar Police Station.

Later Magura police handed over Abujar to Bagharpara Police Station, and preparations are on to take necessary legal actions, said Sairuddin Ahmed, OC of the police station.