3 teachers beaten in Lalmonirhat

Three teachers of Khandor Chawra Multipurpose High School were beaten up in front of the institution at Malgara village in Kaliganj upazila over formation of the managing committee on Saturday afternoon.

On information, law enforcers rescued the schoolteachers but could not arrest the attackers, police said, adding, the assaulted schoolteachers took emergency treatment at Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex.

The teachers are identified as Headteacher Abdul Latif, Assistant Headmaster Indrajit Adhikari and Assistant Teacher Mukul Chandra Roy.

The headteacher filed a complaint with Kaliganj police against Golzar Hossain, Tofazzal Hossain, Rokon Uzzaman, Bachcha Miah Khalifa and six other unnamed people on Saturday night.

The police said Abdul Latif was attacked by a few people in front his school when he was returning home. His colleagues Indrajit and Mukul went to save him but were also assaulted.

There had been some problems over formation of the school managing committee (SMC) for last six months. The attack might be linked with those problems, the police observed.

“There has been no managing committee for last six months. A new committee will be formed according to the government rules. But the attackers were putting pressure on me to form the committee with their chosen people,” said Abdul Latif.

As he had refused to take steps to form the committee as per their desire, they attacked him, he added.

Alleged attacker Golzar Hossain said he was the president of the SMC, which was abolished due to the headteacher's “conspiracy”.

“We did not attack the headmaster. We just asked him about the committee,” he claimed.

Officer-in-Charge of Kaliganj police Maqbul Hossain said they would investigate the matter and take steps accordingly.