Bangladesh: School teacher detained for allegedly raping 20 students

Locals caught Mizmizi Oxford High School Assistant Teacher Ariful Islam at Siddhirganj and beat him up before handing him over to RAB on Thursday, reported bdnews24.

Headmaster Rafiqul Islam was also later detained for allegedly abetting in the crime.

RAB-11 Senior Additional SP Alep Uddin told the news portal that Ariful allegedly tricked and trapped the students of the school and other institutions in the district adjacent to capital Dhaka to rape them between 2014 and June, 2019.

“We have evidence,” he told bdnews24.

The evidences include photos and videos of the alleged incidents and other “illicit” materials on Ariful’s mobile phone and laptop, Alep said.

The alleged victims were 15 to 20 in number and students of grade five to grade 12, according to the RAB official, reported the news portal.

“We are preparing a case under the Digital Security Act. Any victim can initiate a rape case if they want to,” he told the news portal.