A teacher of a government primary school was arrested early Monday for allegedly trying to rape a fourth-grader in Damurhuda upazila.
The arrestee was identified as Shahin Uddin, teacher of Mojlishpur Government Primary School. He is the son of Islam Uddin of Bishnupur village of the upazila.
He was shown arrested in a case filed by the victim’s mother, said Sukumar Biswas, officer-in-charge of Damurhuda Model Police Station.
According to case statement, the victim was told to stay back for extra lessons after the private tuition was over on Saturday. Once all the students had left, the teacher tried to forcefully violate the victim.
The management committee of the school set up an arbitration meeting on Sunday after being informed about the incident by the victim’s father. Police took control of the situation after clashes erupted during the meeting.