Mystery shrouds madrasa student death in Noakhali, injury marks on body

A mystery has arisen surrounding the death of a 10-year-old madrasa student named Arafat Hossain alias Adib in Companyganj, Noakhali. On Monday (November 9) around 4 pm, police recovered the body from the Yakub Ali Majhi house in Shahzadpur village under the 8th ward of Sirajpur union. Earlier that day around 10 am, Adib died at his home; he was a student of the hifz department at the local Darus Salam Model Madrasa.

According to police and local sources, on the afternoon of October 16, Hafiz Sabbir Ahmed, a teacher of the madrasa's hifz department, beat the student. Afterwards, reports spread on social media that he fell ill due to the teacher's beating. Injury marks were found on the deceased's legs and neck.

The victim's father, Md. Sahab Uddin, stated that his son suffered from anemia and they could not continue treatment due to a lack of money, but they do not believe he died from the teacher's beating. Madrasa director Delwar Hossain stated that upon visiting the student's home, he saw cane injury marks on the body and reprimanded the teacher involved.

Companyganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Habibur Rahman stated that to confirm the actual cause of death, the body was recovered and preparations are being made to send it to the morgue of the 250-bed Noakhali General Hospital for autopsy. The true cause of death will be known after receiving the report.

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