The accused teacher went into hiding after the incident

Map of Jamalpur Dhaka Tribune

An 8-year-old girl was reportedly raped by a madrasa teacher at Kolamaloncha in Melandah upazila on Wednesday afternoon.

The accused is Shariful Islam, 38, son of Hazrat Ali at Kajoikata village of Shyampur union and the teacher of Konamaloncha Sannah Nurania Hafizia madrasa. He went into hiding after the incident.

Quoting to locals Delwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Melandah police station said that the accused teacher raped the girl by calling her to his room when she went to the madrasa for study around 4pm.

At one stage, family members along with local people rescued the girl after hearing her scream. 

The victim girl was admitted to Jamalpur General Hospital in critical condition 

Due to heavy bleeding even after giving two bags of blood, she was transferred to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital at night. 

The OC said that a team of police visited the spot.

A special drive is underway to arrest the accused, he added.