Assistant headmaster of Bagdi Gani High School in Chandpur Sadar upazila (middle south-eastern Bangladesh) was arrested last August 31 on charge of instigating schoolgirl Sathi Akter to commit suicide.
Victim’s father Delwar Hossain last night filed the case with Chandpur Model Police Station, accusing four teachers, including the assistant headmaster, Mohammad Alauddin, 42. Three other teachers are Fatema Begum, Jahangir Hossain and Mohammad Jakir.
Police arrested Alauddin from Bagra Bazar around 3:00pm.
Abdus Sabur Mandal, deputy commissioner of Chandpur, and Shamsunahar, superintendent of Chandpur police, met the victim’s parents at their house in Bagdi village and assured them of justice.
Later, the DC formed a three member committee, headed by Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Udayan Dewan, to investigate the incident, and the committee was asked to submit its report within three working days.
Sathi, 14, a student of class-VIII, allegedly hanged herself from a wooden beam with a piece of cloth in her room after evidently being punished by Alauddin for failing to pay an exam fee of Tk 80 (1 USD) on Monday 29/8.
On Sunday 28/8, Alauddin allegedly punished Sathi and a few others by compelling them to stay standing for about an hour in the sun on the school playground.
Sathi was buried on 30th August at the completion of her autopsy. The local administration gave the victim’s family Tk 10,000 (125 USD) for burial purpose.
Source: The daily star