Court orders fresh probe into Aritri suicide case

City Desk :

A court here has ordered fresh probe in the case lodged against two former teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College for allegedly instigating one of their students Aritri Adhikary to commit suicide.
On Thursday was fixed for pronouncing judgment in the case lodged against then acting principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Nazneen Ferdous and morning shift in-charge of the school’s Bailey Road branch Zinat Akhtar, reports BSS.
But Judge Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka 12th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court, acting on its own motion, asked Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to probe the case afresh.
“The court asked a PBI official, at least equivalent to superintendant of police level, to probe the case,” defence counsel Moshiur Rahman told BSS.
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.
Earlier on April 30, 2019, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury accepted the charge sheet filed in the case. The court on July 10, 2019, framed charges against the two teachers.
The court also allowed the investigation officer’s plea to drop name Aritri’s class teacher Hasna Hena’s name from the case as allegations brought against her were not found true in the probe.