Barbarity inexplicable!
Twelve-year-old Lazim Molla had a fascination for Arabic and just this year, he joined a residential madrasa.
But the young boy landed in a hospital with severe injuries yesterday after the acting principal of the madrasa, in Manikganj Sadar upazila, allegedly beat him up.
With bruises all over his back and buttocks, the sixth grader, from Sarbonandapur village and son of an expatriate in the Middle East, was admitted to Manikganj District Hospital around 3:00pm.
Sitting on the hospital bed, Lazim said the incident took place at Burundi Tajbidul Quran Hafizia Madrasa on Saturday night after Esha prayers when Motiur Rahman, the teacher, repeatedly hit him with an iron ruler.
Although he passed Primary Education Completion (PEC) examinations from Borundi Government Primary School last year, his fascination with Arabic drew him to the madrasa and he was supposed to start Quran studies last Sunday.
The teacher was infuriated after Lazim made wrong answers to several questions from his lessons, the child said, adding that when he started crying out of pain, Motiur pressed his hand over Lazim's mouth and continued beating.
Early Sunday morning, when the teacher and other students were offering Fazr prayers, Lazim snuck out of the madrasa and went home at nearby village.
After his mother, Lipi Akhter, took him to the hospital's emergency, the doctor's on duty got him admitted due to the severity of his injuries, said Dr Badrul Alam of the hospital.
Lazim was responding well to the medication and they hope that he would be out of the woods in a few days, he added.
The boy's mother, Lipi Akhter, said the entire family is shocked to witness the barbarity of a teacher and her son is traumatised from the brutality inflicted on him by a teacher.
For the past one year, Lazim performed as a substitute Imam at their village mosque. Noticing his fascination with Arabic, after he passed PEC examinations from Borundi Government Primary School last year, they got him admitted to the madrasa this year.
Demanding exemplary punishment for the teacher, she said people with no humane quality like Motiur should not be allowed in a noble profession such as teaching.
Contacted, Manikganj Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mohammad Iqbal Hossain said necessary legal action would be taken against the teacher and he already instructed the department concerned in this regard.
Motiur Rahman, the madrasa teacher, could not be reached for comments till filing of this report yesterday evening.
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