Imam arrested for 'raping' 8-year-old

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Imam arrested for 'raping' 8-year-old Sun, Jan 22nd, 2012 1:33 am BdST Dial 2000 from your GP mobile for latest news

Pirojpur, Jan 21 (bdnews24.com) — Police have arrested an imam on charges that he violated an 8-year-old female madrasa student at Pirojpur district's Swarupkathi upazila. Upzila's Qazi Bari Mosque's Imam Mohammar Nurul Islam was arrested after the girl's parents lodged a rape case on Saturday with the Swarupkathi Police Station, police said. Station's inspector (investigation) Surendranath Adhikari told bdnews24.com that Nurul Islam, a Fazil grade student of the upazila's Sarsina Alia Madrasa, was also presented before the court following his arrest. According to case details, Islam was appointed to tutor the victim in Arabic. Islam reportedly violated the girl when she was alone at the madrasa in the morning. Her parents admitted her to upazila health complex after the girl arrived home and fell sick. After lodging the case, the victim's mother told reporters, "I sent her to the imam to learn Arabic thinking he was a good person. But I did not know this would happen." bdnews24.com/corr/trb/bd/2316h