Police in Tongi, Gazipur have arrested a madrasa teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday in the Ershadnagar area. The arrested teacher, identified as Junaid, is the son of Abu Sahed from Srirampur village under Nabinagar police station in Brahmanbaria district.

According to police, the teacher called the student into his room late at night and assaulted him. The child later fell ill and was taken to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital in Gazipur for treatment. Local residents detained the accused teacher and handed him over to police the same night.

On Monday afternoon, the victim’s family filed a case with Tongi East Police Station. Police then formally arrested the teacher and presented him before the Gazipur court, said Tongi East Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Mehedi Hasan.