A number of socio-cultural and rights groups on Tuesday staged protests against sexual harassment of a student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College and demanded exemplary punishment of Parimal Jayadhor, a teacher of the college arrested on charge of raping the girl.
Parimal, a teacher of Bangla at the school's Bashundhara campus, allegedly sexually abused the student and videoed the scene with his mobile phone. He confessed to have committed the crime in his statement to a magistrate on July 11.
Students of the institution have been staging protests against the incident for more than a week demanding punishment of Parimal for the crime and removal of Husne Ara as principal for defending the accused.
The government on July 14 appointed assistant professor Manju Ara Begum of the college as acting principal in the face of protests.
Sammilita Nari Samaj formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club on Tuesday demanding punishment of Parimal. Representatives of different organisations attended the programme.
Among others, Sammilita Nari Samaj coordinator Lovely Akhter, rights activist Farida Akhter and Shahinur Begum of Shrama Bikash Kendra spoke at the programme.
They demanded exemplary punishment of Parimal and the people who had defended him. They said the government should not delay investigation of the case as the incident had caused a sense of insecurity among the girl students of different educational institutions. They accused the government of trying to save Parimal and urged the education minister to take immediate action.
Jatiya Abhivak Parishad also formed a human chain in front of Rabindra Sarabar to push the same demand. Muktijuddher Prajanma president Shama Obaid spoke at the programme.
Source : New Age
