Teacher's sad death triggers protest
A schoolteacher was killed as a wall of an under construction building collapsed and fell on him at Haldarpara in the town on Monday.
The death triggered protest by students and guardians.
The victim, Jiban Kumar Sheel, 35, of Majlishpur village in Kasba upazila, is an English teacher at Brahmanbaria Government Model Girls' High School.
Family members said Jiban was critically injured when the wall of the top floor of a 13-storey building collapsed on him at about 9:00pm. He died on way to the hospital.
The incident occurred when the schoolteacher was returning home during bad weather.
As the death news spread, several hundred people, including students and teachers of different schools, blocked the main road near the school yesterday morning, halting traffic movement for about three hours.
They also damaged the window panes and fans of the building during the protest, said locals.
The protesters demanded immediate punishment of the owner of the building, his contactor and workers.
They also formed a human chain in the area in favour of their demand.
They withdrew the barricade at about 11:00am following an assurance by deputy commissioner Md Abdul Mannan of taking steps against the owner of the building.
Two people have already been arrested, the DC said.
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