Jamaat-Leaning Teacher Expelled from School by BNP-JCD for Immoral Act with Student

❐ District Correspondent

A Jamaat-affiliated school teacher named Shafiqur Rahman has been accused of beating and then throwing him out of school after allegedly engaging in immoral activities with a female student in Satkhira. The incident took place at around 10:30 am on Sunday at Balli Mujibur Rahman Secondary School in Sadar Upazila.

Shafiqur Rahman, a Jamaat leader, is working as an assistant teacher at the school. It is learnt that local BNP and Chhatra Dal leaders committed such an act due to immoral activities with a female student. However, Jamaat supporters claim that the incident occurred due to a conflict between two Jamaat and BNP-backed teachers over the post of headmaster.

According to locals, around 9:30 am on Sunday, 15-16 people led by former Balli Union BNP general secretary Abdul Gani and BNP activist UP member Rabiul Islam entered the school. At that time, they entered the headmaster’s room and accused assistant teacher Shafiqur Rahman of immoral activities with a student.

They said they had evidence that he had been alone with the student for a long time in a room on the second floor on August 16. In light of this, BNP and Chhatra Dal leaders and activists called for the immediate expulsion of the Jamaat-supporting teacher from the school. At that time, when they did not receive any response from the headmaster, they attacked Shafiqur Rahman, who was present at the scene.

At one point, he was dragged out of the school by the throat and taken to the nearby Balli Union Parishad and detained. Later, local Shibir leaders and activists went to rescue the teacher and brought him to the school.

It is learned that the incident occurred due to a dispute between two BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami teachers over the post of headmaster. Shafiqur Rahman is a follower of the current Jamaat-e-Islami headmaster. He himself is involved in Jamaat politics. Moreover, there was criticism about his conspicuous intimacy with the female students. As a result, BNP and Chhatra Dal leaders and activists took that opportunity.

UP member Rabiul Islam said that Shafiqur Rahman was trying to engage in immoral activities with a student. In this situation, locals caught him. Earlier, an investigation was conducted against this teacher in an incident. At that time, it was said that the accused teacher would not be able to teach any girl privately. But the investigation report has not been published yet. Yet, he has been caught in the same incident again.

He also said that students and locals held a protest program on May 26, but no action was taken.

Meanwhile, Shafiqur Rahman, a Jamaat-affiliated teacher who was beaten up, denied the allegations and claimed that the allegations against me are completely false. I am being framed through a conspiracy.

In this regard, the acting headmaster of the school, Jamaat leader Azharuzzaman Mukul, said, “I came to the school and heard about the incident. However, I have not received any written or verbal complaint. If the complaint against the teacher is proven, he will definitely be held accountable and action will be taken.”