Dhaka, April 20 -- An Arabic teacher has allegedly tried to rape a 5-year-old student in Magura's Sreepur Upazila, according to a police complaint filed by the child's mother.

The suspect, 50-year old Oliar Rahman, was named in the complaint on Monday, said Sreepur Police chief Ataur Rahman.

The woman said Oliar had been teaching her child Arabic for nearly six months at her paternal home in Nakol Union and that he skipped the lessons for the Eid-ul-Fitr break.

When he resumed classes on Apr 15 after the prolonged Eid holidays, the woman asked the child to attend. But the child declined to take his lessons.

As the mother kept insisting, the child revealed the "attempted rape".

After discussing it with other family members, she filed ...