Local gangsters beat up the headmistress of a primary school after she refused to pay them a chunk of the test relief fund allocated for development of the school.
Hasina Begum, headmistress of Udaypur registered primary school in Sujanagar upazila, was admitted to the upazila health complex on Saturday afternoon with grievous injuries after the assault.
Hasina said that the goons numbering five had attacked her on the school premises at about 3:00pm when she was going to a classroom and struck her repeatedly with sticks and iron rods.
The gangsters had demanded Taka 10 thousand from the Taka 32 thousand allocated to the school for development works under the TR project. 'They pounced on me after I refused to pay them the money,' she said.
'The school has received the fund for development works, including repair work and purchase of furniture. Why should we pay them money from the fund meant for development of the school,' Hasina told New Age.
'When I cried out for help after being attacked, locals rushed to the spot and rescued me and took me to the hospital,' she said adding that the upazila education office and the police had been informed of the matter.
When contacted, upazila primary education officer Sirajum Munira said that she had heard about the incident and asked the teacher concerned to file a case against the culprits with the local police. 'I will take the matter to the upazila administration and the district education department,' she said.
Officer-in-charge of Sujanagar police station Ahsanul Haque said that the police had visited the spot. 'Action would be taken against the goons after the victim files a case.'
Soruce : New Age
