Bangladesh: Madrassa teaches beats up a child mercilessly, video goes viral
Chittagong: A video has surfaced where a madrasa teacher in Hathazari of Bangladesh's Chittagong region could be seen beating up a minor boy mercilessly.
In the video, the teacher is seen repeatedly hitting the boy, throwing him around the room as he screams and cries for help, reports Dhaka Tribune.
According to sources, the child was mercilessly beaten for running after his mother outside of the madrasa premises, reports the newspaper.
The teacher has been detained.
Contacted, Hathazari Model police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Harun-ur-Rashid, told Dhaka Tribune: “We have seen the video. The teacher's name is Yahiya. We along the UNO went to the spot at midnight yesterday."
"“We had detained the teacher from there. Later the child's family came to the police station and the boy’s father Joynal did not want to press any charges against the madrasa teacher," the officer said.
“The boy’s family cried and begged us to release the teacher. Even the mobile court could not give him any punishment. The madrasa teacher signed an undertaking before release,” the OC added.
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