Orphans revolt again as 6 fellows expelled

Children of Panchagarh Shishu Paribar barricaded Panchagarh-Dhaka highway on Sunday protesting expulsion of six fellows from the orphanage. Photo: STAR

Children of Panchagarh Shishu Paribar revolted again on Sunday and barricaded Panchagarh-Dhaka highway protesting expulsion of six fellows in connection with an incident at the orphanage about three months ago.
The children of the orphanage said the superintendent on Sunday asked Zillur Rahman, student of class X, Shohag and Tanin of class IX, Rezaul of class VIII, Arif of class VII and Shohel of class V to leave the orphanage for good.
Sources said, the superintendent took the action on the basis of a probe report on April 21 incident at the orphanage.
When the expelled students started leaving the orphanage, the other 74 students also came out with them with their bag and baggage and barricaded the Dhaka-Panchagarh highway.
Meantime, the officials and staff of the orphanage fled the scene.
On information, a police team led by sub-inspector Rasel Mahmud rushed to the spot and brought the students back to the orphanage after about an hour of sit-in on the highway.
Earlier on April 21, the children of the orphanage revolted against the alleged maltreatment by the officials and demanded their removal.
The children alleged that the officials of the orphanage used to torture them on trivial matters and force them to take stale foods. “If any child of the orphanage fell sick, they hurled abuse at him instead of providing treatment,” said a boy.
Md Masum Ali, superintendent of Panchagarh Shishu Paribar said he expelled six students on the basis of the recent investigation report of Director (Institution) of Social Welfare Department Habibur Rahman.
Expelled student Shohag, a class nine student of the orphanage, however,told the reporters that they lodged a complaint against three officials during investigation about the previous incident, but the investigator took action against innocent officials of the orphanage instead of the corrupt ones.