UNB, Dhaka :
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said the public punishment of a school headmaster in Narayanganj for his alleged offensive comments about religion is an offence.
“To make a teacher to do sit-up holding his ears is a deplorable act and it’s a punishable offence in my consideration. Those who were involved in the incident should be punished,” said Anisul.
The Law Minister was talking to reporters at the inaugural function of a workshop at Judicial Administration Training Institute in the city.
“There’re mobile courts when there’s a need for instant punishment but such punishment in public by others won’t be tolerated,” Anisul Huq warned, adding, “If any teacher commits any crime than there’re some rules to punish him.”
On May 13, locals beat Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, headmaster of Piyar Sattar Latif High School in Bandar area of Narayanganj for allegedly hurting the religious sentiment. At one stage, local MP AKM Salim Osman forced him to do sit-up holding his ears.
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said the public punishment of a school headmaster in Narayanganj for his alleged offensive comments about religion is an offence.
“To make a teacher to do sit-up holding his ears is a deplorable act and it’s a punishable offence in my consideration. Those who were involved in the incident should be punished,” said Anisul.
The Law Minister was talking to reporters at the inaugural function of a workshop at Judicial Administration Training Institute in the city.
“There’re mobile courts when there’s a need for instant punishment but such punishment in public by others won’t be tolerated,” Anisul Huq warned, adding, “If any teacher commits any crime than there’re some rules to punish him.”
On May 13, locals beat Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, headmaster of Piyar Sattar Latif High School in Bandar area of Narayanganj for allegedly hurting the religious sentiment. At one stage, local MP AKM Salim Osman forced him to do sit-up holding his ears.
