The head teacher of Panchbaria High School at Nagar union Mr Mizanur Rahman was on his way to the school on Tuesday. The UP member accompanied by a group of 10 to 12 party men attacked him retaliating the head teacher’s refusal to falsely certify him as the guardian of a student so that he can be elected on the school’s managing committee. Since he refused to become party to the wrongdoings, he came under attacks to suffer fatal injuries.
It is highly regrettable that despite we have specific laws to deal with such crime; law enforcers’ reluctance to apply it works as an indirect encouragement to such criminals to do more such crimes. We know that a ruling party coalition lawmaker from Narayangonj physically assaulted head teacher of a local high school last year. The picture of the harassment went viral in social media causing uproar throughout the country for exemplary punishment to the lawmaker and those who were behind it. But a government committee subsequently found no undue involvement of the lawmaker and he was exonerated from any responsibility. The head teacher was rather seriously concerned about his safety and stopped going to school.
It is no more secret that the UP member had beaten another schoolteacher last year but law enforcers had ignored it. If he were stopped at that point, renewed attacks on another teacher would not have happened. There is no doubt his criminal activities have crossed all limits largely because he is a ruling party man and police don’t want to disturb him. We know any case involving the party man will disappear at some point and the big question is who will file the case to fall victim to his attack again. But anarchy is only gripping the nation and there must be an end to it.
