Schoolteacher beaten up again

A schoolteacher was beaten up again by criminals over the formation of school managing committee when he was going to school in Lalmonirhat's Kaligonj yesterday. 

The teacher, Indrajit Adhikary, 40, is the assistant headmaster of Khander Chawra Multipurpose High School in Malgara village. He was admitted to Kaligonj Upazila Health Complex.

Indrajit alleged that holding sticks in their hands, three people -- Rokonuzzaman, Nayon Islam and Kajol Islam -- of Malgara village stopped his motorcycle on his way to school around 10:00am. They then started beating him, saying why he supported headmaster's stance over forming the school managing committee.

He would file a case, Indrajit said.

On Saturday, headmaster of the school Abdul Latif, its assistant teacher Mukul Chandra Roy and Indrajit were assaulted over the same issue in front of the school.

Latif lodged a case with Kaliganj Police Station against Golzar Hossain, Tofazzal Hossain, Rokonuzzaman, Bachcha Miah Khalifa and six other unnamed people.

He said the attackers had been putting pressure on him to form the committee with their choice of people for the last six months, but he did not agree. So, they attacked him and other teachers.

Protesting the attacks on their teachers, students of the school would bring out a procession and form a human chain on the school playground today.

This correspondent could not contact one of the alleged attackers, Rokonuzzaman, as his mobile phone was switched off.

Maqbul Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kaligonj Police Station, said police raided the village to arrest the attackers yesterday noon, but they went into hiding after the incident.

Action would be taken against the schoolteachers' attackers, he added.