Barbaric punishment to madrasa boy

Khulana, Bangladesh - Quazi Amanullah, Khulna A teacher of Darul Ulm Madrasa and Orphanage in Digholia upazila under Khulna district has been sacked for inflicting barbaric punishment to a ten-year-old boy, keeping him chained in a classroom for three days. Ali Shah, son of late Lutfor Molla, and a student of Qiraat class of the madrasa, faced the wrath of his teacher Qaari Md Golam Kibria for playing truant from his class off and on, madrasa sources said. On last Tuesday, Golam Kibria kept the boy confined to a classroom with his hands and legs tied up with an iron chain. On Thursday afternoon, he tied a heavy log to Ali Shah's back, took him to a nearby pond, and tried to shove him into the water. Hearing scream of the hapless boy, locals rushed there and rescued him. They beat up the teacher and confined him to the same room of the madrasa where Ali Shah was earlier kept. The madrasa managing committee at a meeting on Thursday night decided to sack Golam Kibria. Qaari Golam Kibria has been sacked for physically torturing Ali Shah, chairman of the madrasa managing committee Moulana Mujibar Rahman told this correspondent on Saturday. Full Story>>
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