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A court in Netrokona has sentenced a madrasa teacher to death for raping an 11-year-old female student in Madan upazila, a crime that resulted in the child becoming pregnant.
The condemned convict is Aman Ullah Mahmudee, also known as Sagar Huzur, the principal accused in the case.
Judge Abdus Salam of the Netrokona Children and Women Repression Prevention Tribunal pronounced the verdict in the accused’s presence on Wednesday afternoon, said Public Prosecutor (PP) Nurul Kabir Rubel.
The court acquitted another accused, Mamun Mia.
On October 28, the court fixed Wednesday for delivering the verdict after hearing arguments from both sides. During the hearing, the main accused reportedly pleaded for acquittal, offering to transfer all his property, including 12 decimals of land, but the court rejected the proposal.
According to the case statement, the incident took place in November 2025 at a female Qawmi madrasa in Panchhat Barabari village of Kaitail Union in Madan upazila. Aman Ullah, who was the madrasa’s director and a teacher, allegedly called the child to the institution and raped her.
He subsequently threatened to kill her if she disclosed the incident. Fearing for her safety, the child kept the matter secret and eventually stopped attending the madrasa.
Her family later noticed physical changes and took her to a doctor in April this year, when her pregnancy was confirmed.
On April 23, the child’s mother filed a case with Madan Police Station against Aman Ullah and his brother, Maimun alias Mamun Mia.
The incident sparked widespread public outrage. Following a shadow investigation by Rapid Action Battalion-14, the main accused was arrested from Gauripur in Mymensingh on May 6. Police later secured a three-day remand to question him.
On July 2, the child gave birth to a baby girl at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Following a court order, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) collected DNA samples from the newborn and sent them to a laboratory in Dhaka for testing.
The final DNA profiling report found a 99.99% match between the newborn and the accused, establishing his biological paternity.