A tribunal in Jamalpur yesterday sentenced an imam of a mosque to life imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old student.
The convict is Musa Mia, hailing from Harichandi village of Gaibandha. He worked as an imam at a mosque and taught at a maktab at Mondolpara village in Jamalpur.
Muhammad Abdur Rahim, judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 in Jamalpur, pronounced the judgement, said Public Prosecutor Fazlul Haque. It also fined him Tk 5 lakh.
According to the prosecution, Musa used to send the other students home every morning and keep the girl at the mosque to do cleaning work.
Taking advantage of the situation, he raped her on November 28, December 1 and December 2, 2020, after luring her with the promise of marriage, the prosecution said.
After the girl’s family learned about the incident, her mother filed a case with Dewanganj Police Station on December 8.
Police submitted the charge sheet to the court on May 5, 2021.