A Barguna court on Tuesday sentenced a madrasa teacher to life time imprisonment in a case filed over raping a seventh grader in 2019.

Barguna Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Hafizur Rahman pronounced the verdict.

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The court also fined the lifer Tk 20,000.

According to the case statement, Saiful Islam, a madrasa teacher of Fuljhuri union in Barguna Sadar Upazila, called the class VII student for giving a guide book.

When the girl met Saiful, he took her to his house and raped her.

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Locals rescued the girl and admitted her to Barguna General Hospital.  Later, she was shifted to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital as her condition deteriorated.

The girl’s father filed a case accusing two people including madrasa teacher Saiful Islam on the same day.

Later, police arrested fugitive Saiful Islam on February 20, 2019.