A five-year-old girl has been allegedly raped by her Arabic teacher inside a school compound on the capital’s Mirpur area yesterday. The victim is now undergoing treatment at the One Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
“The accused Minhaz Uddin, an Arabic teacher of Mirpur’s Holy Crescent School and College, is now in police custody,” Mohammad Enamul, sub-inspector of Mirpur police station and also the investigation officer of the case, told the Dhaka Tribune.
Kazi Sumon, an uncle of the victim, told the Dhaka Tribune: “Like always, my brother-in-law [the victim’s father] took her to school at 10.00am and then went to his office. Later at noon, my mother [the victim’s grandmother] went to the school to bring her back to home.
“On the way home, my niece was crying constantly but did not mention anything.” He also added that his sister found blood on her trousers when she tried to change her clothes.
“Later, I took her to Al Helal Hospital in Mirpur where doctors told us that it is a police case and advised us to take her at DMCH,” he added.
Contacted, Bilkis Akter, coordinator of OCC of DMCH, told the Dhaka Tribune that they had received the girl at around 2.30pm at hospital and the girl was undergoing treatment. “We would send samples for forensic test on Wednesday,” she added.
Meanwhile, SI Enamul said the detainee was identified by the victim and a case has been filed against him by the victim’s family.
The detained teacher is also the younger brother of school’s Principal Mesbah Uddin, who is also the owner of the educational institute.