Teacher beats class IV student, threatens family in Ctg

Trisha Dhar, a class IV student, shows her bruises inflicted by her teacher in Chittagong city last week. Photo: Star

A class IV student of Nazirpara Government Primary School in Chittagong city suffered bruises and bumps in the left arm after her teacher beat her up with a wooden ruler for failing to answer questions in the classroom a week ago.
The assistant teacher, Monira Yasmin Moni, also threatened the 11-year-old victim's family and the school headmistress not to disclose the matter. The incident came to light after headmistress Khaleda Begum filed a general diary (GD) in this regard yesterday.
Trisha Dhar was beaten black and blue during the general science class on June 18, said her mother Runu Dhar. Due to the beating, Trisha got a portion of her index finger skin missing, she added.
Runu said immediately after the incident, she took her daughter to Monira and asked for an explanation about the corporal punishment, which was declared illegal by the High Court in 2011, but Monira drove them away. Runu then informed the incident to Patenga police.
On the same day, police took a bond from Monira, where she stated that she would not give any corporal punishment in the future, said Runu. But at that night, two unknown men visited Runu's house and inquired about the incident, and the next day Monira threatened to disqualify Trisha in the examinations, she added.
The school headmistress said she communicated the incident to the assistant thana education officer after Monira and her people threatened her.
Contacted, Monira admitted that she beat Trisha but denied giving any threats.
Runu is planning to have her daughter transferred to another school.