Teacher assaulted 'by BCL man'
A secondary school headmaster was allegedly assaulted by a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader after some students brought down some flowers from the platform of a Shaheed Minar on the school premises in Jhenidah's Kaliganj upazila on Tuesday.
Rafiqul Islam of Haatbarbazar Secondary School told The Daily Star that he took first aid at a nearby clinic following the assault by BCL Barbazar union unit General Secretary Feroz Hossain before hundreds of students and staff.
He claimed that the union parishad Chairman Abul Kalam Azad was a couple of yards away during the assault. He also said the chairman, just minutes earlier, had hurled profanities at him over the students' actions.
Rafiqul said previous years' experience had prompted him to ask the students beforehand to stop the flowers from being taken away by children some time after being placed by locals paying homage to the Language Movement martyrs.
He said to have rebuked the students who brought down the flowers.
Assistant Headmaster Golam Sarwar said he witnessed the incident and that the assault occurred after the chairman had left.
Feroz, however, claimed that only an altercation took place. Abul admitted hurling abuses and said he did not know what happened afterwards.
The upazila BCL General Secretary Kazi Ripon said a probe would be launched if allegations were raised against any BCL leader and organisational action taken against anyone found guilty.
Kaliganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Aminul Islam said they would take steps once a complaint was filed.
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