Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Lohagara, Chattogram, Bangladesh · 2025

Bangladesh: madrasa Huffaz-department teacher sentenced to death for raping a twelve-year-old student

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

madrasa teacher, Huffaz (Quran-memorization) department

Organization

Madrasa, Charambar area, Lohagara upazila, Chattogram

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The victim was a student in the Huffaz section under the accused's direct religious-instructional authority at the madrasa where the assault occurred.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2025-10-13 · trial verdict

Women and Child Repression Tribunal-5, Chattogram, Bangladesh. Judge Saidur Rahman Gazi convicted Mo. Ismail, 46, a teacher in the Huffaz (Quran-memorization) department of a madrasa in Lohagara's Charambar area, of raping a 12-year-old student on 26 September 2022. Sentenced to death, plus a fine of one lakh taka (with a further year's imprisonment in default of payment). The madrasa administration surrendered the teacher to police after the assault came to light.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious-school teacher's authority over a student at the madrasa

Cited record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'শিশু ধর্ষণের মামলায় মাদ্রাসাশিক্ষকের মৃত্যুদণ্ডাদেশ' ["Death sentence for madrasa teacher in child rape case"], Prothom Alo, 13 Oct. 2025.: Bangla-language report of the Tribunal-5 verdict, naming Ismail, his Huffaz-department teaching role, the 2022 assault date, and the death sentence.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/x1ydmez5vp Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 0e2b69ee0d75d53fd429f6992ae0830e3b9f18dd97118433886143965d13acde
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