A madrasa teacher was arrested on charge of rape of a 12-year-old boy amid protests by locals in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila on Friday.

The arrestee was identified as Md Mohsin, 35, from Kachutia village in Netrokona's Atpara upazila, a teacher at Darun Hikmah Hafizia Madrasa in Sreepur's Maona Chowrasta area.

The child's family alleged that the incident took place inside the madrasa in the afternoon.

As the news spread, locals detained Mohsin and took him to the police box at Maona Chowrasta. Around 10:00pm, a mob of over a hundred people formed on the spot. On information, two police teams from Sreepur Police Station went there to control the situation.

Later, police rescued Mohsin and took him to the police station after additional police teams were dispatched to disperse the mob around 11:00pm.

Later, the victim's father filed a case, in which the teacher was shown arrested, said Sreepur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Abdul Barik.