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NETROKONA: A court in Netrokona has sentenced teacher Aman Ullah Mahmudi, also known as Sagor, to death for raping a 12-year-old girl in Madan upazila, leaving her pregnant. He has also been fined Tk 100,000.
Netrokona District and Sessions Judge and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Abdus Salam delivered the verdict on Wednesday (November 11).
After hearing arguments on October 28, the court had fixed November 11 for the verdict. During the hearing, the main accused, teacher Aman Ullah Mahmudi alias Sagor, pleaded for acquittal, offering to transfer all his property, including 12 decimals of land, in exchange for his release. However, the court firmly rejected the plea.
In November 2025, Aman Ullah Mahmudi Sagor, director and teacher of a women’s Qawmi madrasa in Panchhat Barabari village of Kaitail Union in Madan upazila, allegedly called the girl to the madrasa and raped her. He threatened to kill her if she disclosed the incident to anyone. Out of fear, the girl kept the matter secret and eventually stopped attending the madrasa.
A few days later, her family noticed physical changes in her. In April this year, they took her to a doctor, where it was confirmed that the 12-year-old girl was pregnant. On April 23, her mother filed a case with Madan Police Station, accusing teacher Sagor and his brother, Maimun alias Mamun Mia.
The incident sparked widespread outrage and condemnation across the country. The then Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) launched a shadow investigation, and on May 6, the main accused teacher Sagor was arrested from Gouripur in Mymensingh. Police subsequently took him on a three-day remand for questioning.
On July 2, the victim gave birth to a baby girl at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Later, on the court’s orders, a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team collected DNA samples from the newborn and sent them to a laboratory in Dhaka.
The final DNA profiling report found a match between the newborn and teacher Sagor, establishing his paternity.
Based on the DNA evidence, the investigation officer, Madan Police Station Sub-Inspector Md Akteruzzaman, submitted a charge sheet to the court on August 26 against teacher Sagor and his brother Mamun Mia under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
