'Mentally imbalanced' headmaster held his ears willingly: Salim Osman
Staff Correspondent | Update: 14:46, May 19, 2016
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Terming humiliated Narayanganj headmaster Shyamal Kanti 'mentally imbalanced', local member of parliament (MP) AKM Salim Osman on Thursday said the teacher did the sit-ups holding his ears willingly to save his life after criticising Islam.
Salim claimed this at a press conference at the Narayanganj Club, flanked by over hundred party men.
When asked if he is sorry for this at a time the whole country is saying 'sorry sir', he countered the journalists with another question. "Who should I say sorry to? The one who made remarks about Allah was punlished. I will never ever say sorry, even if I die," said Salim.
Although he admitted that making a teacher do sit-ups holding his ears is a crime, the lawmaker claimed that he did so to save Shyamal Kanti's life.
Saying that devout Muslims demanded the teacher be punished that day, Salim said, "Are we living in the age of Iblish? You give the answer."
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Humiliated Narayanganj teacher reinstated
Staff Correspondent | Update: 12:25, May 19, 2016
Publicly humiliated Narayanganj headmaster Shyamal Kanti, who was suspended for allegedly criticising Islam, has been reinstated.
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid said this at a press conference in Dhaka on Thursday.
The minister said the probe committee formed to investigate the issue did not find any truth of the allegations against Shyamal Kanti and that the school committee illegally suspended the headteacher.
The school managing committee has been dismantled, too, Nahid added.
On 17 May, the school authorities suspended Shyamal Kanti days after he was publicly humiliated by local member of parliament (MP) AKM Salim Osman for allegedly making statements criticising religion.
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