A student of class 4 at Jhenaidah’s Shailakupa upazila was allegedly raped by the headmaster of her school.
Her family alleged that on Monday morning, Headmaster Shahidul Islam ordered the girl to sweep the schoolyard, and then during the tiffin break he asked her to go to the bathroom to wash her hands and face.
Once she went there, he raped her inside the bathroom.
When the child went home and told her parents, her family, schoolmates and people from the neighbourhood blocked the school gate to protest.
Later they blocked the Jhenaidah – Kushtia Highway. Police officials and Shailakupa Upazila Nirbahi Officer Usman Gani arrived on the scene and assured the protesters that the culprit would be apprehended.
Additional Superintendent of Police Milu Mia Biswas said they were trying to to apprehend Headmaster Shahidul.
“Further steps will be taken when the victim lodges a complaint,” he said.
UNO Usman Gani said people in the neighbourhood were enraged due to the incident. He said he had heard that the headmaster had been accused of similar wrongdoings before.