Kushtia, Oct. 9 -- Three police members, including the officer-in-charge of Daulatpur Police Station, were injured when an angry mob attacked them while they were rescuing the superintendent of a madrasah accused of raping several students in Daulatpur upazila on Thursday.

The accused, Ashiqullah, 40, Muhtamim (superintendent) of Markazul Madrasa in the Malithapara area of Khalishakundi union and son of late Qari Enamullah of the Jamdia area in Bagherpara upazila of Jashore.

The injured are OC Khaledur Rahman, Assistant Sub-Inspector Nazrul Islam and Constable Azam Hossain. They were given primary treatment at the Daulatpur Upazila Health Complex.

According to locals and relatives of the victims, several students of the madrasah were a...