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Tutor arrested over rape of student in Natore


Published : 29 Jun 2020 09:32 PM | Updated : 07 Sep 2020 09:47 AM

Police arrested a 55-year-old tutor named Zulfiqar Ali Sarkar for allegedly raping a female student while giving her private lessons in Baraigram, Natore. He was sent to jail by the court on Sunday afternoon.

Earlier on Saturday morning, the victim’s father lodged a complaint with the Baraigram police station and the police arrested the accused tutor Zulfiqar Ali Sarkar from his own house at 4 pm.

The detainee is the son of late Mozahar Ali Sarkar of Khaksha village in Baraigram union of Zulfiqar upazila. 

According to the officer-in-charge 

    of Baraigram police station and the victim’s family sources, the girl has passed the SSC examination this year. 

Zulfiqar Ali started the student privately from the time she was in 8th  grade. Zulfiqar forcer the student to have physical relations with him and filmed her on his mobile phone.

Later, the home teacher forced her to have sexual relations with the student more than once, threatening to release the video of the sexual relationship on Facebook. 

Recently, when the obscene picture of Zulfiqar with the victim student was spread through social media, the father of the student became the plaintiff and lodged a complaint against the accused Zulfiqar at the police station. 

In this context, the policearrested the teacher on Saturday evening. He was later remanded in custody by the court on Sunday afternoon.

Accused Zulfiqar Ali said that they had a physical relationship with the consent of both of them as they had a love affair. 

Officer-in-charge of Baraigram Police Station Dilip Kumar Das said the girl was a minor. It is also wrong in the eyes of the law to rape her by seducing her or making her fall in love. 

Moreover, the fact that she was raped by taking pornographic pictures on her mobile phone has been found to be true.

 A rape case has been registered against the accused teacher Zulfiqar.