Court Correspondent :
The prosecution of the rape case against Viqarunnisa School and College’s sacked teacher Parimal Joydhar yesterday (Tuesday) declared one of its witnesses hostile during recording the depositions of the witness.
During deposition in the tribunal, Babul Kumar Karmaker, a teacher of Bashundhara branch of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College said, perhaps the Class-X student complained to acting Headmaster Lutfur Rahman against Parimal for his indecent behaviour in June 2011, which made the prosecution blood boiled.
At this stage, drawing the court’s attention, Special Public Prosecutor Mohammad
Forkan Miah sought to the court to declare his witness hostile and allowing him
to cross-examine the turncoat witness.
The court allowed the prosecution pleas and Prosecutor Forkan cross-examined Babul.
Meanwhile, two more teachers, Jagadish Chandra Paul and Jannatun Nesa testified to the tribunal on Tuesday.
Later, Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-4 Mohammad Arifur Rahman fixed September 14 for next hearing in the case. With this, a total of 19 witnesses have so far testified before the tribunal in the case.
Parimal allegedly sexually assaulted the girl confining her to a room of his house twice in May and June of 2011 and recorded the deplorable acts with his mobile phone.
On July 5, 2011, the victim’s father lodged a rape case with Badda Police Station against Parimal, Viqarunnisa principal Hosne Ara and its Bashundhara Branch Head master Lutfur Rahman.
Detectives arrested Parimal from a relative’s house in Keraniganj on July 7 of the year. He made a confessional statement before a court on July 11.
Police submitted a charge sheet to the court on August 11 of the year, dropping the names of Hosne Ara and Lutfur Rahman.
The court finally framed charges against Parimal on March 7, 2012. He made confessional statement admitting his offence to the concerned court.
