Hossen Sohel of DOT
A group of students from Viqarunnisa Noon School and College were continuing their protest, seeking release of Class 9 Teacher Hasna Hena, reports Dhaka Tribune.
The students took position in front of the school gate around 11:45am on Saturday, holding placards and chanting slogans such as “amar ma nirdosh” – roughly translating to “our mother is innocent.”
Meanwhile, while the protest is ongoing, the school students are however appearing for their exams while the college students have vowed to boycott their classes until Aritry Adhikari’s Class Teacher Hasna Hena.
Hasna Hena was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of police from Dhaka’s Uttara area on Wednesday night, for allegedly instigating Aritry’s suicide.
Anika Ishraf Ikra, a student representative from the college, said: “We will boycott our classes until our teacher has been released.”
Adding that ex-Viqarunnisa students are supporting them, Ikra said: “We cannot accept these types of insults towards our teachers. Hasna Hena is like our mother.
“We want her quick release.”
A few guardians, who have joined the protests, said as Hasna Hena is just a class teacher, she did not make the decision to expel the student.
They said the authority to make the decision rested upon the principal and others.
Other guardians have claimed that even though Hasna Hena is innocent, she was the only one among the three accused to be sent to jail.
On December 6, a Dhaka court turned down Hasna Hena’s bail petition and sent her to jail.
On the other hand, Amir Hossain, another guardian, said: “A certain vested quarter is working to provoke the students.
“This [protest] has become chaotic, with the students protesting and boycotting classes for two different reasons. It is hampering the goodwill of the organization,” he said.