Dhaka, March 12 -- A Natore court has sentenced a madrasa teacher to life in prison for the rape of his student in Natore's Boraigram.

Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim of the Natore Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict in the case on Wednesday in the presence of the convict, according to Md Abdul Kader Mia, the court's public prosecutor.

The convict was identified as 25-year-old Md Abdur Rahim from the Kathalbaria area. He worked at a madrasa in Boraigram.

In addition to the prison sentence, Rahim was also fined Tk 50,000 by the court.

On May 18, 2021, Rahim went to the student's house, Kader said, citing the case files. There he informed him of some urgent work before taking him to the second floor of the...