Both absconding accused teachers suspended
The headmaster and assistant headmaster of Uttar Palashbari Amiran Siraj Memorial High School under Chirirbandar upazila of the district have been suspended.
The school managing committee in a meeting yesterday suspended Assistant Headmaster Abu Bakkar Siddique whose indecent proposal had led a female student of the school to commit suicide on Saturday, and Headmaster Md Shahin Pervez for not taking immediate action against Abu Bakkar Siddique.
Both are absconding and also accused in a case filed by father of the girl with Chirirbandar Police Station on Sunday. Assistant Headmaster Abu Bakkar Siddique, 53, had gone into hiding soon after the girl took her life while Headmaster Shahin Pervez after filing of the case.
The angry students, guardians and villagers staged demonstrations on Sunday and Monday demanding immediate arrest of Abu Bakkar Siddique. They also locked the school on Sunday protesting the incident.
Police quoted family members as saying that Abu Bakkar Siddique had made advances to Diti Rani, 12, a class eight student of the school, several times, but she refused.
As the teacher again made advances to Diti on august 5, she brought the matter to the notice of her parents. Her father Abinash Chandra of Tannipara village filed a written complaint with Sahin Parvez, headmaster of the school, on August 6, but he did not take prompt action against the teacher.
The headmaster later convened a meeting of the managing committee which issued a letter to Abu Bakkar Siddique, asking him to explain by August 14.
Tormented by the illicit proposal and delay in taking action against the teacher, Diti committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room at around 11:00am on Saturday, family said.
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