A 12-year-old schoolgirl died on Thursday night in Koibortopara area in Chittagong’s Boalkhali upazila after suffering from fever for about a week since being caned by her schoolteacher.
The deceased Brishti Das, was the daughter of Ashutosh Das, and a class V student of Koibortopara Government Primary School, said Boalkhali police station Officer-in-Charge Md Shamsul Islam.
He said on July 19, Babla Dutta, an assistant teacher at the school, had caned Brishti in the classroom when she could not answer the teacher’s query.
After being caned, Brishti fell sick. Since then, she had been suffering from fever for about a week, the OC said, adding that her family was continuing her treatment at their residence.
“But her condition worsened on Thursday night. She died on-route to Boalkhali Upazila Health Complex,” he said.
No case was lodged with Boalkhali police station till filing of this report.
The OC, however, said they would take legislative measures after the filing of a case.
