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News No. 83/2014,
Sunday, September 28, 2014
A class three student
was reportedly subjected to an attempted rape by her teacher in Barunachari Government Primary
School under Subolong Union of Barkal Upazila, according to hillbd24.com.
According to local
villagers and victim’s parents, on Monday, Rafiqul Islam, the headmaster
of Barunachari Govt. Primary School, took the
girl student to his office room after the class break and then tried to rape
her.
When she screamed, her
classmates went to her help, and Rafiqul let go of her, but warned her not to
tell the incident to anyone.
But the students
informed their parents about it, prompting the villagers to call an arbitration
to question both the headmaster and the victim.
Confirming the holding
of arbitration, Bimal Kanti Chakma, chairman of school management committee,
said, ‘The headmaster confessed to the attempted rape and begged for
forgiveness.’
Norsing Chakma, a
village elder, echoed him, demanding actions against Rafiqul Islam.
The victim’s father
said he was shocked to hear the news and added, ‘Teachers command enormous
respect in our society. But if our girl students are not safe with the
teachers, then where they should be?’
He and other parents
demanded exemplary punishment for the headmaster to prevent recurrence of such
ugly incidents.
However, Rafiqul
denied having committed the crime, saying a vested interest group had been
conspiring against him.
Md. Abul Bashar
Shamsuzzaman, Upazila Primary Education Officer, said that he had been informed
of the incident and added that he would investigate the matter and take legal
actions against the headmaster in question if he is found guilty.
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