Staff Reporter :
The incidents of sexual harassment desecrated a residential coaching center at Mouchak of the capital. Police have already arrested the accused head teacher.
Some other students were also sexually harassed by the accused teacher.
Anwar Sattar, Inspector of the National Emergency Services No. 999, confirmed it to the MEDIA on Sunday afternoon.
He said that on Saturday (February 5) at 5.30 pm, a guardian of a victim student called ‘National Emergency Service 999’ from city’s Mouchak Market area. He said his 11-year-old daughter was a residential coaching student at the Cadet Care Coaching Center near Mouchak Market. He got his daughter admitted in that coaching center in December last year.
A few days ago, the girl returned home from the residential coaching center. And after that she did not want to go to the coaching center again. She cried whenever she was requested to go to the coaching. At last the girl told her mother about the sexual harassment of the head teacher.
Later, the student’s mother spoke with a few other parents and guardians. They also talked about sexual harassment of students by the head teacher of the coaching center. Discussing with others guardians, she could find out that some other students have also been sexually harassed by the said teacher. She then took to the street at Mouchak Coaching Center on Saturday afternoon along with some other guardians and called 999 to seek legal help.
The duty officer of Ramna Police Station was immediately called along with the caller from the National Emergency Service. Upon receiving the news, a team of Ramna police rushed to the spot (Mouchak Market).
Mohammad Monirul Islam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Ramna Model Police Station, confirmed the matter to The New Nation and said that they have already arrested Kazi Jamil Uddin, 43, Head Teacher of the coaching center. A case has been registered against the accused in this regard. OC said, adding that the accused had been sent to the jail.
