Teacher clobbered for slapping student
The relatives of a female student allegedly beat up a schoolteacher in Charghat upazila on Sunday for slapping the girl in classroom about a month ago.
Monwar Hossain, assistant teacher at Joypur Government Primary School and resident of Pasundia village, suffered bruises all over his body. He was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
The school's headmistress said 11-12 men clobbered Monwar with hammers and bamboo sticks at the school playground. Monwar was quoted as saying he slapped a class V student for not doing homework.
The stuent's father however sued the teacher saying he attempted to rape her daughter at a schoolroom after "schooltime on December 16".
The teacher's family said the rape allegation was fabricated as December 16 was a holiday and they sued six persons, including the student's father for the attack.
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