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| Madrasa teacher held for torture |
| 2012-05-09 |
Police yesterday tossed in the slammer... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... a female madrasa teacher who eight days earlier seared legs of 14 minor girls with a hot spatula to demonstrate 'pain from fire in hell' for not performing prayers regularly. Acting on a tip off, the arrest was made from a village in Nawabganj upazila around 2:30am, said Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kadamtali Police Station. Arrested Jesmin Akter, 38, was a teacher of Talimul Koran Mahila Madrasa at Namashyampur in the capital's Kadamtali area. In a primary interrogation she admitted her involvement and said she was sorry for what she had done. "I thought this would help them understand the punishment they will face in hell for irregularity in saying prayers," she told police. Shafiqul Islam told The Daily Star that they raided a house of Jesmin's relative in Nawabganj where she had taken shelter with her six-month-old baby after a case was filed against her in connection with inflicting torture on the girls. Abdul Jalil, father of eight-year-old Jannatul Ferdous, one of the girls seared by Jesmin, filed the case on May 1. The madrasa has been closed ever since. Jannat's father told The Daily Star that she suffered from fever for two days following the incident. Police produced Jesmin before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court seeking seven days' remand. The court sent her to jail rejecting the remand prayer, the OC added. |
| Posted by:Fred |