Jamaat secretary-teacher who mob attacked headmaster and seized chair jailed

❐ District Correspondent

A court has ordered the jailing of Jamaat-e-Islami leader and assistant teacher AKM Azharuzzaman Mukul in a case filed against the acting headmaster of Balli Md. Mujibur Rahman Secondary School in Sadar Upazila of Satkhira for beating, harassing and forcibly occupying his chair.

Today, Thursday, March 5, at noon, Judge Md. Nazrul Islam of the Satkhira District and Sessions Judge’s Court rejected the bail application and issued this order.

Accused Mukul is the secretary of the Balli Union Jamaat and an assistant teacher at the school concerned. He is the son of the late Abdur Razzak of Hajipur village in the upazila.

According to the case documents, Azharuzzaman Mukul entered the school with a group of outsiders at around 11 am on August 6, 2024.

It is alleged that they physically and mentally harassed the acting headmaster Md. Jamiluzzaman, forced him out of his room and forcibly occupied his chair. Two videos of the incident later went viral on social media.

After this incident, Jamiluzzaman filed a case in the Satkhira Amli Court on November 19, 2024. The court assigned the investigation to the CID. After the investigation, CID officer Machud Parvez filed a charge sheet against 10 people, including Mukul, on November 10, 2025.

Earlier, when Azharuzzaman Mukul applied for bail in the High Court, he was ordered to surrender in the lower court. Accordingly, on Thursday, when he appeared before the district judge court and sought bail, the court rejected it and ordered him to be sent to jail.

Advocate Abdul Mujid, the plaintiff’s lawyer, said that the investigation report has found the primary truth of illegally occupying the position through political influence. The court has rejected the bail after considering the matter.

According to school sources, Azharuzzaman Mukul, who was working as an assistant teacher, had been irregular at the school for the past 12 years. It is alleged that despite his irregular attendance, he had been receiving regular salary and allowances.

On the other hand, the victim teacher Jamiluzzaman has been working at the school since 2002. In 2022, he was appointed as an assistant principal as per the rules and was performing acting duties as the post of principal was vacant.

In the case statement, he mentioned that after the August 6 incident, his house was vandalized and looted.

The case is currently pending.