Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Kansat, Shibganj, Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh · 2023

Bangladesh: madrasa teacher given life imprisonment for raping three girl students

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

teacher at a madrasa, Kansat, Shibganj upazila

Organization

madrasa, Kansat, Shibganj upazila, Chapainawabganj

Spiritual nexus

Rahman taught his three victims as their madrasa instructor; the school's religious-instruction structure is what gave him repeated private access to each girl.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Guru or spiritual-teacher authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2023-07-27 · trial conviction and sentence

Chapainawabganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, Bangladesh. Suayebur Rahman, 52, was convicted of raping three girl students under his instruction — one identified as nine years old — and sentenced to life imprisonment plus a 50,000-taka fine (with a further five years' imprisonment in default). The tribunal heard testimony from eleven witnesses. The first documented assault occurred 19 February 2022; the case was filed the next day by the victim's maternal uncle.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious-teacher authority over girl students
custodial access during religious instruction

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting sentencing report Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), 'Madrasha teacher gets life-term for raping 3 students in C'nawabganj.': State news agency report of the tribunal's conviction, the three victims, the sentence, the fine, the witness testimony, and the case timeline from the February 2022 filing to the July 2023 verdict.

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