Viqarunnisa student sit on hunger strike for teacher’s release

A group of students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College has been continuing their movement for the consecutive three days demanding the release of teacher Hasna Hena from jail.

Now the students are observing the hunger strike after boycotting the classes in the same demand in front of the main gate of Baily road campus on Sunday. Around 200 students took part in the programme.

They will submit a memorandum to Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at noon.

In this connection, Mushtari Sultana, a teacher representative of the school, said the students are continuing their movement for release of their teacher from jail. We don’t feel anxious for the matter.

“We didn’t advise them to launch movement. They started the movement as their will,” she added.

Earlier on December 3, Aritree Adhikari, a Class-IX student, committed suicide at their Shantinagar residence in the city after allegedly being rebuked by teachers for using mobile phone during examination.

Later Victim’s father Dilip Adhikari filed a case against the three teachers of the school including morning shift teacher Hasna Hena for “instigating the suicide”.