A Dhaka court has indicted two suspended teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in a case filed over “provoking suicide” of ninth-grader Aritry Adhikary in December last year.
Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court Judge Md Rabiul Alam passed the order on Wednesday.
The court also fixed October 27 for recording statements in the case.
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Earlier on March 28, investigation officer of the case Detective Branch Inspector Kazi Kamrul Islam submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka showing 23 people as prosecution witnesses.
The two suspended teachers indicted are¬¬ -- Nazneen Ferdous, acting principal of the school, and Zinat Akhtar, the morning shift in-charge.
The two indicted teachers received bail after they surrendered before a Dhaka court on January 14.
The name of another accused in the case, the deceased’s class teacher Hasna Hena, was dropped from the charge sheet as the charge brought against her was not definitively established.
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On December 3, 2018, Aritry was found hanging from the ceiling of her home in the capital's Shantinagar area, hours after she and her parents were allegedly insulted by some teachers of the school.
The next day, her father Dilip Adhikary filed the case with Paltan Police Station accusing three teachers of provoking Aritry’s suicide.
The Education Ministry and the school authorities formed two separate probe committees following continuous agitation by the students. The High Court directed the Education secretary to form another five-member committee, headed by an additional secretary of the ministry, to look into the matter.