Students boycott classes to protest attack on teacher
Students of Adampur Fazil Madrasa under Dashmina upazila started boycott of classes yesterday protesting attack on a teacher of the madrasa.
The students also brought out a procession demanding punishment to the culprits.
Students and locals said, Zahid Hossain Titu, brother of UP chairman of Bahrompur union decided to cultivate Irri paddy on a plot near Adampur Fazil Madrasa. One Delwar Hossain, a close aide to Titu later set up a power pump machine about only five yards away from the madrasa. When the machine runs, it makes a noisy sound, disturbing classes at the madrasa.
Madrasa authorities requested them not to use the machine during class hours but to no effect.
At about 10 am on Tuesday, some students went to spot and stopped the machine as it hampered their classes.
Hearing the news, Titu along with 10-12 people entered the madrasa with sticks and beat up the students. They also assaulted Moshiur Rahman, a teacher of the madrasa as he protested the matter.
Later over 100 students of the madrasa brought out a protest procession at Adampur Bazar on Tuesday afternoon demanding immediate arrest of all attackers.
The assaulted teacher also filed a case accusing four people including Zahid Hossain Titu with Dashmina upazila judicial magistrate court yesterday. The court issued a warrant for arrest of Titu on the same day.
This correspondent tried to contact Titu several times for his views, but his mobile phone was found off.
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