Viqarunnisa teachers in emergency meeting

Staff Correspondent: Teachers of the Viqarunnisa Noon School and College are now holding an emergency meeting amid the situation centering the suicide of student Aritree Adhikary.

The meeting is being held on its main campus at Bailey Road in the city.

About 200 teachers from Bailey Road, Azimpur, Basundhara and Dhanmondi campuses have attended the meeting.

Meanwhile, detectives have arrested Viqarunnisa Noon School and College teacher Hasna Hena who is accused along with two others of provoking Aritree Adhikary to commit suicide.

The members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch arrested Hena from her Uttara residence on Wednesday night.

On Wednesday, the government cancelled the facilities the three teachers had been enjoying under its monthly pay order or MPO.

The education ministry also asked police and Rapid Action Battalion to act against them following the case started by Dilip.

Victim’s father Dilip Adhikari filed the case with Paltan Police Station accusing the trio of provoking Aritee to committing suicide.

Aritree Adhikari, a Class-IX student, reportedly committed suicide at their Shantinagar residence in the city on Monday after allegedly being rebuked by teachers for using mobile phone during examination.
 

risingbd/Dhaka/Dec 6, 2018/Yeamin/Mukul