‘Insulted by teacher’, college student jumps off building

A student of Dhaka’s Banophool Adibashi Green Heart College was injured after jumping off a building yesterday, as his teacher allegedly hurled abusive words at him for not doing well in an examination.

Shahriar Alam Akash, 19, is a 12th-grader at the college in Mirpur-13 area.

Akash is undergoing treatment at National Institute of Neuroscience and Hospital at Agargaon. He suffered injuries in head, said a doctor of the hospital.

Quoting students, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kafrul Police Station Selimuzzaman said, Akash jumped off a three-storey building of the college after one of his teachers hurled abusive words at him and his parents as he failed an examination.

As the news spread at the college, his classmates vandalised several teachers’ rooms and a microbus of the college, the OC added.

The agitating students also brought out a protest rally outside the campus, OC Selimuzzaman said.

“We are yet to receive any word from the college authority,” the OC further said.

Lubna Jahan, a teacher of the college said they heard a sound of someone falling and found the student on the ground in front of teachers’ room. He was unconscious and bleeding.

While visiting the college yesterday, this correspondent found some students protesting. They said they want justice through proper investigation of the incident.

Shahriar jumped off the building after being insulted by teachers, they said.