Assault on teacher sparks protest in Lalmonirhat
Several hundred students and teachers formed a human chain and blocked Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway for an hour yesterday demanding arrest of the culprits who assaulted a schoolteacher in Hatibandha upazila under the district on Thursday.
On Thursday night, some identified stalkers attacked and beat Jahedul Haque Khandker, an assistant teacher of Sindurna Lokman Hossain High School in Hatibandha upazila, leaving him badly injured, police said.
Atoar Rahman Tuhin, 20, Anwar Hosain, 22, Pipul Rahman, 24, and their cohorts had been stalking the girl students of the high school on their way to and from school for the last few days, teachers and students said.
On Thursday noon, Jahedul Haque strongly protested the evil act of the identified stalkers, they said.
The injured teacher was admitted to Hatibandha upazila health complex on the night.
A case was lodged accusing Atoar, Anwar, Pipul and 10 to 12 unnamed ones with Hatibandha Police Station on Friday morning.
“When I was walking at Hatkhola in the upazila on Thursday night the accused culprits and their gang members beat me with bamboo and wooden sticks,” said Jahedul.
Speaking in yesterday's human chain, teachers and students of different schools said they will go for tougher programme if police fail to arrest the culprits by today.
Zakirul Islam, OC (Investigation) of Hatibandha Police Station, said, "The alleged culprits managed to flee away from their homes after the incident on Thursday night. Police are trying to arrest the stalkers who assaulted the schoolteacher."
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