Teacher beaten and robbed on her way home in Lakshmipur, two detained
Police have detained two young men suspected of involvement in beating a woman teacher, Lakshmi Rani Nath, and snatching her gold ornaments and mobile phone while she was returning home after school in Lakshmipur.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration and Finance) Hosain Mohammad Rayhan Kazemi confirmed the matter on Thursday afternoon (12 November). The names of the detained men were not disclosed for the sake of the investigation.
The victim teaches at Alhaj Ibrahim Mia Girls' School. According to police and local sources, on Wednesday afternoon (11 November), after teaching ended, she boarded a CNG auto-rickshaw from the school to go home. Her destination was a nursery area on the west side of Chandraganj police station.
But the CNG driver changed the route and took her to the road in front of Kafil Uddin Degree College. There she was beaten severely and her gold ornaments worn on her hands, ears and neck, a mobile phone and cash were snatched.
The attackers then fled, leaving her injured by the roadside. Local people rescued her and quickly admitted her to Sadar Hospital.
In protest at the attack and demanding swift exemplary punishment for those involved, teachers and students held an hour-long human chain at Chandraganj Bazar on the Lakshmipur-Noakhali highway.
Students of the victim's school and local people took part in the human chain. Head teacher Md Mohi Uddin, Chandraganj upazila Jubo Dal convener Enayet Ullah, Chandraganj union BNP general secretary Tofazzal Hossain Sabuj and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Nazrul Islam Titu spoke in solidarity.
Additional Superintendent of Police Hosain Mohammad Rayhan Kazemi said two people involved in the incident had been detained. No written complaint has yet been received from the victim, but strict action will be taken in accordance with the law once a complaint is received.
