A Dhaka court on Wednesday rejected the bail petition of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College teacher Parimal Jaydhar arrested earlier on the charge of raping a student.
The court of chief metropolitan magistrate sent Parimal to jail.
On Sunday, the victim made her deposition to metropolitan magistrate Shamima Parvin on Sunday.
Arrested at a house of one of his relatives at Keraniganj on July 6, Parimal had been remanded in police custody for five days for interrogation.
Parimal made a confessional statement before a metropolitan magistrate on July 11.
He was arrested after the victim's father filed a case with Badda police station for raping his daughter.
The principal Hosne Ara and the acting headmaster Lutfar Rahman of the day shift of Bashundhara branch of the girls' school have been charged for allegedly backing Parimal and destroying evidence and threatening the victim's family for filing the case.
Parimal went into hiding after students of the school and their parents took to streets demanding his arrest.
He is married with a three-year old son.
Parimal hails from Tungipara in Gopalganj.
On May 14, 2009, the High Court issued an order laying down detailed guidelines to educational institutions and work places to prevent sexual harassment of women and children.
The court also directed the authorities to stop harassment of women and girls on their way to educational institutions and work places.
The court had directed the authorities to open sexual harassment complaint centres at work places and educational institutions, and constitute committees to investigate charges.
Members of a pro-liberation citizens' forum held a demonstration in the city demanding trial of the sacked teacher Parimal Jayadhar for his abominable crime against the student.
Members of Jatiyatabadi Muktijudddher Prajanma held a demonstration at the Central Shaheed Minar on Monday demanded his exemplary punishment.
Students and teachers of Viqarunnisa School and College also took part in the demonstration.
The education ministry and the local MP Rashed Khan Menon, who headed the now-dissolved school governing committee
drew widespread criticism for the incident which hilghlighted insecurity of girl students at educational institutions.
Former education minister Osman Faruk, BNP education secretary Khairul Kabir Khokon and Bangladesh Jatiya Party secretary-general Abu Naser Mohammad Rahmatullah also took part in the demonstration
Source : New Age
