Parimal, a teacher sacked from Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, pleaded not guilty yesterday and demanded justice in a case filed against him on charges of raping his female student.
The accused claimed he is innocent after Judge Saleh Uddin Ahmed of Dhaka Women and Children Repression (Prevention) Tribunal-4 read out charges brought against him by prosecution witnesses in the case.
Following the claim by Parimal, the tribunal judge fixed November 1 to hear arguments in the case.
Public Prosecutor Muhammad Forkan Miah said: “The tribunal has recorded the depositions of 28 witnesses out of 39 in the rape case.”
In the case, Parimal Jaydhar, a teacher at the Bashundhara branch of the school, confined and raped his student at his private coaching centre on May 28, 2011.
He recorded the incident on his cell phone, and on June 17, blackmailed her with it into raping her again.
The girl then complained to the authorities against Parimal about the incident.
But Hosne Ara, who was then principal of the school, and Lutfur Rahman, who was acting head of Viqarunnisa’s Bashundhara Branch school unit, tried to cover it up in order to save him.
On July 5, the girl’s father filed a case with Badda police against Parimal, Ara, and Lutfur. The next day, Parimal was arrested. Investigation officer Shahdat charged them on August 14.
On November 28, the Detective Branch police inspector submitted a supplementary charge sheet against Parimal, dropping the name of Ara and Lutfur.
Parimal was indicted on rape charges on March 7 the following year.