Bring to justice killer of schoolteacher Monjuri
Protesters in Gaibandha demand
Locals form a human chain in Saghata upazila of Gaibandha district yesterday demanding arrest and punishment of the killers of schoolteacher Monjuri Begum. Photo: STAR
Several hundred people including students, teachers, political leaders and freedom fighters formed a human chain on Saghata upazila parishad premises yesterday demanding immediate arrest and punishment of the killer of schoolteacher Monjuri. The protesters later handed over a memorandum to Saghata upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) for placing it before the home minister. The speakers later at a rally said, Shahadat Hossain, husband of Monjuri Begum, 23, assistant teacher of Bonarpara Adrasha Govt Primary School and daughter of freedom fighter Mokbul Hossain, killed her by suffocation at dead of night on April 22 in his in-laws' house and fled with their two-year-old son. On that day, Shahadat, a resident of village Dhamuir Haor in Naogaon district, had come his father-in-law's house at Bonarpara. Police are yet to arrest Shahadat six days into the incident despite filing of a case, they said. The accused is moving freely and threatening the victim's family for withdrawal of case, family sources said. Those who spoke at the rally are AHM Golam Shaheed Rangu, Saghata upazila chairman, Master Abdullah Akanda, former BNP president, Fajilatunnahar Parul, upazila vice-chairman, Moyen Prodhan Labu and Ferdoushi Begum. The speakers also threatened to go for a greater agitation if the killer was not arrested within next three days.
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