A school teacher has been remanded in judicial custody by a court in Thakurgaon in connection with the sexual harassment of a minor student.
The accused has been identified as Tula Ram Paul, 38.
SM Jahid Iqbal, officer-in-charge of Ranisankail police station, said they arrested the accused after the girl's father lodged a complaint on Wednesday.
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Later, the accused was produced in a Thakurgaon court that sent him to judicial custody.
According to the case statement, the teacher allegedly harassed the girl sexually after taking her to a room of the school on Tuesday morning.
The accused fled when she started screaming. The girl later narrated her ordeal to her parents.