Madrasa student murdered; teacher and brother-in-law arrested

7-year-old Safayet Hossain was murdered at a madrasa in Biral, Dinajpur, on Saturday evening. His body was discovered later that night in the madrasa’s restroom. The Biral police have arrested the madrasa’s director and his brother-in-law, Abdullah, who is also a student at the same institution, on suspicion of involvement in the murder. Both were produced before the court this Sunday afternoon.

The victim, Safayet Hossain, was the son of Solaiman Ali from Thanthania village in Bhandara Union, Biral Upazila. His relatives claim that there are visible signs of injury on his body.

According to reports, the madrasa’s principal (muhtamim) discovered Safayet’s lifeless body after forcing open the locked door of a restroom at Madrasatus Sunnah, located on College Road in Biral town, with the help of others on Saturday night, shortly after 8:00 PM. Upon being taken to the Upazila Health Complex, he was declared dead by the physician on duty in the emergency department. The child had been missing since the evening. Later, a review of CCTV footage revealed that Safayet was seen heading toward the restroom accompanied by Abdullah.

Following the incident, the police detained the madrasa’s director, Hafez Maulana Mokarram Hossain, for questioning on Saturday night; his brother-in-law, Abdullah, was also taken into custody. Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle) Abdul Halim and other officials visited the scene, though the exact motive for the murder remains unknown.

The police have prepared an inquest report and sent the body to the Dinajpur Medical College morgue for an autopsy. There are visible signs of injury on the child’s body, and a gamchha (traditional towel) was recovered near the remains. The police suspect that the child was murdered by strangulation.

-    SA/NS