Arrest warrant issued against 2 teachers in Aritri suicide case

A Dhaka court today issued warrant to arrest two teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in the case lodged for allegedly instigating one of their students, Aritri Adhikary, to commit suicide, reports BSS.

Dhaka 3rd Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Robiul Alam passed the order, cancelling their bail in the case.

Today was fixed for recording deposition of the witness and the accused needed to be present at the court for this. But the accused teachers Nazneen Ferdous and Zinat Akhtar failed to appear before it, making the court to cancel their bail and issue arrest warrant.

The same court on July 10, 2019, framed charges against the two teachers.

Earlier on April 30, 2019, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury accepted the charge sheet filed in the case.

The court also allowed the investigation officer’s plea to drop the name of Aritri’s class teacher Hasna Hena from the case as allegations brought against her were not found true in the probe.

Police on March 28, 2019, filed the charge sheet against the then principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Nazneen Ferdous and morning shift in-charge of the school’s Bailey Road branch Zinat Akhtar.

Investigation officer (IO) inspector Qazi Qamrul Islam of detective branch (DB) of police submitted the charge sheet.

Aritri was found hanging from a ceiling fan of her residence in capital’s Shantinagar area on December 3, 2018, hours after she and her parents were allegedly insulted by the teachers. She was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared her dead.

Aritri’s father Dilip Adhikary on December 4 filed the case with Paltan Police Station against the three teachers.