Searing Students
Madrasa teacher absconding
Police yesterday raided different areas in the capital but failed to arrest a female madrasa teacher who burnt legs of 14 students as punishment on Tuesday.
A raid was also conducted on the Kadamtali madrasa to see if any illegal activities were going on there in the guise of a religious institution, but no such things were found.
Inspector Abdur Razzak of Kadamtali Police Station said Maulana Masudur Rahman, husband of the accused madrasa teacher, Jesmin Akhter, was an imam of a local mosque.
A mother of three, Jesmin started the madrasa with about four to five girls. Later the number of students increased. She ran the madrasa in a rented house.
Local people said the students were taught there from 8:00am to 8:00pm, and in exchange Jesmin used to take monthly fees and examination fees from the girls.
Inspector Razzak quoted the house owner Iqbal Hossain as telling police that the madrasa had no government approval, and Jesmin had already left the area with her family.
Jesmin, who ran Talimul Quran Mahila Madrasa, is the lone accused in a case filed by Abdul Jalil, father of an eight-year-old victim, Jannatul Ferdous.
The madrasa teacher seared legs of 14 students with a hot spatula to make them feel the “agony of fire in hell”, as they were "irregular" in prayers.
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