Barisal district administration yesterday formed a probe committee to investigate child abuse incident at a girl-orphanage.
The committee has been asked to submit its report within next three working days.
Dr Gazi Md Saifuzzaman, deputy commissioner Barisal, said the committee would be led by Abul Kalam Azad, acting additional deputy commissioner (general) and deputy commissioner (education and development).
Md Dulal, health assistant of the orphanage, suspended as per verbal order of the director general of social welfare directorate, said the deputy commissioner. Corporal punishment against two girls at an orphanage run by Social Welfare Directorate in Barisal has caused uproar among the public after its footage went viral on social networking sites.
The footage uploaded on Facebook shows Md Dulal, health assistant at the institution, is indiscriminately beating two girls as they try to flee from the shelter home.
According to orphanage sources, Akhi, 9, daughter of Taslima Begum of Tajkati village, Sadar upazila, and Dalia, 10, daughter of Bilkis Begum of Bhuterdia, Babuganj upazila have been living in the home for a few months. On Saturday, Dulal beat them severely when they tried to flee from the shelter home.
