Teacher accused of raping 5-year-old student in Ctg

A teacher at a government primary school in Chattogram's Satkania has been accused of raping a five-year-old student after allegedly luring her with chocolate.

Following a petition filed by the victim's mother, a court yesterday (20 May) directed Satkania Police Station to record a case, arrange an examination at the One-Stop Crisis Centre (OCC), and submit an investigation report.

The accused has been identified as Md Jasim, an assistant drawing teacher at Dakshin Keochia Government Primary School in the upazila.

The victim is a class 1 student of the same school, according to the case statement.

Speaking to The Business Standard, Additional Superintendent of Police (Satkania Circle) Md Ariful Islam Siddique said, "When the victim's mother came to the police station with the complaint, we advised her to go to the One-Stop Crisis Centre of Chattogram Medical College Hospital. The case was supposed to be recorded after that."

"After the child's treatment, the complainant filed a rape allegation with the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal. Later, the court directed the officer-in-charge of Satkania Police Station to record the case, arrange an OCC examination, conduct an investigation and submit a police report," he added.

Following the court order, a rape case was filed with Satkania Police Station yesterday, he said.

Police are conducting the investigation in line with the law, the official said, adding that no one has been detained or arrested so far in connection with the incident.

A report will be submitted to the court after the investigation is completed, he added.

According to the petition submitted to the court, the incident took place on 9 May. The child's mother alleged that when she went to pick up her daughter from school after classes, she noticed that the child was crying and unable to walk normally.

When asked what had happened, the child told her mother that drawing teacher Jasim had taken her to a stairway room near the school rooftop after promising to give her chocolate and allegedly raped her there, according to the petition.

The petition added that after bringing the child home, her family noticed signs of injury and immediately took her first to Satkania Health Care Hospital and later to Satkania Upazila Health Complex.

Doctors there reportedly confirmed signs of sexual assault and immediately called the national emergency helpline 999 to inform Satkania police station.

The victim's family alleged that after treatment at the One-Stop Crisis Centre of Chattogram Medical College Hospital, they went to Satkania Police Station with the hospital documents to file a case, but the police initially did not record it.

As a result, the child's mother approached the court on Wednesday, 13 May.