A schoolteacher was arrested on Friday on charge of sexually harassing a minor female student at Moheshpur upazila in the district.
The arrested was identified as Abdul Khalid, 45, son of Suja Uddin of Baghdanga village under the upazila. He has been serving as a founder teacher of Bahgdanga Kinder Garten.
Moheshpur police station Officer-in-charge M Sahjahan Ali said Abdul Khalid had been operating a kindergarten school in the village.
During the school hours on Tuesday, he called a class three student in his office room and tried to violate her.
Hearing her screaming, teachers and students rushed there and rescued the girl while Abdul Khalid left the school immediately.
The incident created huge sensation in the area.
Later, a case was filed with Moheshpur police station in this connection.
The police arrested Khalid from his village around 3:00 pm.