‘Provoking Suicide’ of Aritry Adhikary : Bail of two VNSC teachers cancelled

A  Dhaka court yesterday cancelled the bail of two former teachers of  Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in a case filed over provoking  suicide of ninth-grader Aritry Adhikary in December 2018, as they were  absent in the court without any explanation.

Judge  Md Rabiul Alam of Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court  of Dhaka passed the order, advocate Salauddin Howlader, assistant public  prosecutor of the concerned court, told The Daily Star.

The accused are Nazneen Ferdous, former acting principal of the school, and Zinat Akhtar, former morning shift in-charge. The court also issued arrest warrants against the duo.

Meanwhile, Beauty Adhikary, mother of the victim, gave her statement before the court in the case yesterday, before the court set September 23 for the next hearing.

Aritry  was found hanging from the ceiling of her home in Shantinagar on  December 3, 2018, hours after she and her parents were allegedly insulted  by some teachers of the school.

The  next day, her father Dilip Adhikary filed the case with Paltan Police  Station, accusing three teachers of provoking Aritry's suicide.

Police arrested Aritry's class teacher Hasna Hena (51), hours after she was suspended, on December 5. The  same day, Nazneen and Zinat were also suspended, following an education  ministry order. They later got bail after surrendering before a Dhaka  court.

Inspector Kazi  Kamrul Islam of Detective Branch (DB) of police on March 28 last year submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of  Dhaka against Nazneen Ferdous and Zinat Akhtar.

On July 10 last year, the court framed charges against the two accused.