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Police have taken no decision to arrest Shahjalal Rumi, the father of the child in the Tongi madrasa incident, and have conducted no drive to that end, said Rashed Khan, political assistant to the prime minister.
In a post on his Facebook page on Saturday night, Rashed Khan said he had spoken to the Gazipur police commissioner. According to him, police have not decided to arrest Shahjalal Rumi over the Tongi madrasa incident, nor have they conducted any drive, and the government has not advised the police to make any arrest either.
Background
According to an Ekushey Television report of 24 October, Shahjalal Rumi filed a case alleging sexual abuse of his young daughter at Kariul Quran International Madrasa in Tongi’s Auchpara, and police detained the accused teacher.
The same report said that on 23 October the madrasa’s founder, Maulana Qari Md Almas Hossain, filed a counter-case with Tongi West Police Station accusing Rumi of assaulting the teacher.
Accounts differ between sources: Arif Hossain, officer-in-charge of Tongi West Police Station, said on the night of 24 October that police were conducting a drive to arrest Rumi, Bangla Post reported.
Sources
Background sources: Ekushey Television, 24 October 2026; Bangla Post, 24 October 2026
