Court Correspondent :
Lawyers for the accused yesterday interrogated Beauty Adhikary, mother of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College student Aritri Adhikary, in a case filed on change of instigating the suicide of Aritri.
The defence lawyers concluded the interrogation in the court of Dhaka’s Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Rabiul Alam on Tuesday. Later, the court fixed February 8 for next hearing in the case.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) of the court concerned Sabina Akter Dipa shared the information with newsmen.
Former acting principal of the school Nazneen Ferdous and morning shift in-charge of the school Zinat Akhtar, two accused in the Aritri suicide case, are now on bail. So far, the court recorded the depositions of three witnesses.
The court on July 10, 2019, framed charges against the two teachers. Earlier on April 30, 2019, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury accepted the charge sheet of the case.
Besides, the court allowed the investigation officer’s plea to drop the name of Aritri’s class teacher Hasna Hena from the case as allegations brought against her were not found true in the investigation.
Police on March 28, 2019, filed the charge sheet against the then principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Nazneen Ferdous and morning shift in-charge of the school’s Bailey Road branch Zinat Akhtar.
Investigation Officer (IO) Inspector Qazi Qamrul Islam of Detective Branch (DB) of police submitted the charge sheet.
Aritri was found hanging from a ceiling fan of her residence in capital’s Shantinagar area on December 3, 2018, hours after she and her parents were allegedly insulted by the teachers. She was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared her dead.
Aritri’s father Dilip Adhikary on December 4, 2018 filed the case with Paltan Police Station against the three teachers.
Lawyers for the accused yesterday interrogated Beauty Adhikary, mother of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College student Aritri Adhikary, in a case filed on change of instigating the suicide of Aritri.
The defence lawyers concluded the interrogation in the court of Dhaka’s Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Rabiul Alam on Tuesday. Later, the court fixed February 8 for next hearing in the case.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) of the court concerned Sabina Akter Dipa shared the information with newsmen.
Former acting principal of the school Nazneen Ferdous and morning shift in-charge of the school Zinat Akhtar, two accused in the Aritri suicide case, are now on bail. So far, the court recorded the depositions of three witnesses.
The court on July 10, 2019, framed charges against the two teachers. Earlier on April 30, 2019, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury accepted the charge sheet of the case.
Besides, the court allowed the investigation officer’s plea to drop the name of Aritri’s class teacher Hasna Hena from the case as allegations brought against her were not found true in the investigation.
Police on March 28, 2019, filed the charge sheet against the then principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Nazneen Ferdous and morning shift in-charge of the school’s Bailey Road branch Zinat Akhtar.
Investigation Officer (IO) Inspector Qazi Qamrul Islam of Detective Branch (DB) of police submitted the charge sheet.
Aritri was found hanging from a ceiling fan of her residence in capital’s Shantinagar area on December 3, 2018, hours after she and her parents were allegedly insulted by the teachers. She was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared her dead.
Aritri’s father Dilip Adhikary on December 4, 2018 filed the case with Paltan Police Station against the three teachers.
