Bangladesh: madrasa director jailed until death for raping six child students
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
director and teacher of a Quran academy
Organization
Rahmania Tahfizul Quran Academy
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The victims were children enrolled at the Quran academy the defendant directed; his combined religious and institutional authority over their education is what made the abuse possible.
- Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
- Institutional obedience or isolation
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Proceedings
2025-06-04 · conviction and sentence
Tribunal under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, Chattogram, Bangladesh. Nazim Uddin, director and teacher at the Rahmania Tahfizul Quran Academy, was sentenced to imprisonment until death for raping six child students under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- religious teaching and institutional authority over enrolled child students
Cited record
Sources
- national news agency verdict and sentencing report 'Madrasa teacher jailed until death for rape in Chattogram', bdnews24.com, 4 June 2025.
Bangladeshi national news agency reporting the sentence and the number of child victims.
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- https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/e101f3488ce2 Corpus classification: national-news-agency; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report.
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