Female students of Purbo Kotalopara Union Government High School have raised sexual harassment allegation against a teacher.
School authority has formed a three-member probe committee to investigate the matter.
Students of the school and local people staged demonstration on the school premise yesterday, demanding actions against the teacher Subrata Lal Madhu.
Students of the school told the Dhaka Tribune that the teacher had recently sexually harassed a Class X student of the school.
The girl submitted a written complaint to headmaster against the teacher on Thursday.
The agitators said it had been four days since the girl made the complaint, but the school authority was yet to take action against him.
Some students who preferred to be unnamed said the teacher earlier harassed three students of the class, but the school governing body did not take action against him.
Headmaster, Monoj Kumar Majumdar, said: “We have received two letters against the teacher, school governing body would take action against him as soon as possible.”
But Madhu Lal differed with the allegation saying that it was a conspiracy against him. “I did nothing,” he said.
President of school governing body Lakshmi Kanto Hawladaer said they had discussed the issue at a meeting on Sunday. The probe committee would start working soon. “If he (Madhu) is found guilty we would take action against him,” he said.
Shyamal Kanti Das, a resident of Kandi village, said if the school authority did not take action against him they would not send their children to the school.
