Guardian's act sparks protest

Teachers, students hold rally in C'nawabganj, submit memo to DC demanding punishment

23 August 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correpondent, Chapainawabganj

Students and teachers of Chapainawabganj Government Technical School and College yesterday brought out a procession in the town and submitted memorandum to the deputy commissioner demanding punishment of a guardian for threatening the principal and a few other teachers and students on Saturday. Demanding punishment of the offender, Sarif Uddin Ahmed, a local BNP leader, and his accomplices, the teachers also started indefinite class boycott from yesterday, said college Principal Kafil Uddin. College authorities on Saturday called guardians of class nine students Mohaiminul Mostofa and Anwara Akhtar as the two had shown 'indecent intimacy' on the institute compound. The guardians including Sharif Uddin, father of Mohaiminul Mostofa, came to the institute at 10:30am. Shortly after they sat at the principal's room, an altercation started and Sharif Uddin hurled abuses at the principal and teachers and threatened them, witnesses said. As the news spread among students, they confined the guardians to the principal's room and chanted slogans against Sharif uddin. Later at an emergency meeting, the college authorities took decision to expel the two students from the institute. Principal Kafil Uddin filed a general diary with Sadar Police Station on Saturday night. Students, teachers and other staff brought out a procession in the town yesterday noon. After parading main streets of the town, they held a rally in front of the Deputy Commissioner's Office and submitted a memorandum to the DC, demanding arrest of the culprit. Giving a 48-hour deadline to the local administration for necessary action, they warned of tougher agitation programme if the offender goes unpunished.