College teacher held for torturing child domestic help

Police arrested a female teacher of Sirajganj Government College for allegedly torturing a nine-year-old girl who used to work for her as a domestic help.

She was arrested from her rented house in Fajalkhan road area of the district on Saturday night.

The arrestee was identified as Sheuli Mollika, lecturer of the Department of the Philosophy of Sirajganj Government College.

Bahauddin Farooqui, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sirajganj Sadar Police Station, confirmed the news yesterday. 

Sheuli Mollika filed a general diary with the police station on January 7 citing that her house help went missing. Two days later, the victim who had a number of injury marks on her body was rescued in a critical sickness, the OC said.

Later, the victim’s uncle filed a case against the female teacher and police arrested her following the case.

During the primary interrogation, Sheuli Mollika confessed to torturing her house help, the OC added.