Teacher suspended for beating up 10 female students

A high school teacher was suspended on Wednesday following public outrage over beating of 10 female students of Class VIII in Bancharampur upazila of Barhmanbaria district.

Mohammad Ali, teacher of Kolakandi HK Ashmatunesha High School in Pahariakandi area in the upazila, beat them on Monday as they failed to answer his questions.

When some students protested against it, the teacher beat them up too, said Mamun Akther of the same class.

Later, other students called the parents of the victims, who took them to the Upazila Health Complex in Bancharampur.

Hearing about the incident, people from nearby villages surrounded the school, demanding removal of the teacher.

Aongsu Kumar Deb, officer-in-charge of Bancharampur Police Station, said he assured the locals that the teacher would be suspended.

 Md Siddiqur Rahman, general secretary of the school's managing committee and headteacher of the school, confirmed that the teacher has been suspended.

A 3-member team has been formed to investigate the incident.