Teacher jailed for beating up student

A mobile court sentenced a madrasa teacher in Sadullapur upazila of the district to three months' imprisonment for beating up a student on Tuesday.

The convict is Hafez Shamiul Islam, 24, a teacher of Dhaperhat Shah Sufi Rostum Bogdadi Cadet Madrasa.

Police said Hafez Shamiul beat up the boy with a cane and locked him in a room as the boy did not attend classes.

The boy managed to escape from the room with the help of classmates, and took shelter at a nearby madrasa.

Being informed, police rushed to the spot and rescued him.

Later, the police arrested the teacher on charge of beating the student and produced him before a mobile court led by Ahsan Habib, UNO of Sadullapur and also the executive magistrate.

After hearing, the court awarded three months jail sentence to the teacher and sent him to Gaibandha jail.