Teacher beaten by student's guardians

Elder brothers of a student mercilessly beat up a teacher of Balirdiar High School in Daulatpur upazila after the teacher scolded the student over his nuisance act at school on Wednesday.

The victim, Ahsan Habib, an assistant teacher, is undergoing treatment at Daulatpur Upazila Health Complex.

A case was filed with Daulatpur police station in this regard.

“Samrat Ali, a student of class X, was repeatedly making sound with the horn of a motorcycle kept at the school ground, causing disturbance during class hours,” goes the case statement. 

Ahsan asked the student to stop the nuisance but the latter continued the misdeed at short intervals.

As Ahsan scolded the student, the latter went home and returned back with his three siblings Milon Ali, Tufan Ali and Tushar Ali.

They dragged out Ahsan from a classroom and mercilessly beat him with bamboo sticks on the school veranda at about 4:00pm, the case statement says.

Other teachers rescued Ahsan.

Seeking justice, Ahsan filed a written allegation to the school managing committee.

Managing Committee President Mohammad Obaidullah forwarded the allegation to Daulatpur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sharmin Akter who asked the officer-in-charge (OC) of Daulatpur Police Station to record a case in this regard.

“We are trying to arrest the culprits. These three siblings are involved in various misdeeds in the area. They assaulted an UZ vice chairman,” said Daulatpur Police Station OC Shah Dara Khan.