Hriday Mondal released from jail

Munshiganj teacher Hriday Mondal, who was granted bail earlier today in a case filed over "hurting religious sentiments", was released from jail this afternoon (April 10, 2022).

Hriday walked out of Munshigganj jail around 4:50pm, said Jailer Abul Bashar of the district jail, reports our Munshiganj correspondent.

Earlier today, Munshiganj District and Sessions Judge Motaharat Akter Bhuiyan granted the bail on a bond of Tk 5,000 around 1:20 pm.

Hriday's bail petition was denied twice on March 23 and 28.

On March 20, Hriday, an assistant teacher of Binodpur Ram Kumar High School in Munshiganj, was having a conversation with students about the difference between science and religion.

Later in the afternoon, a group of students filed a written complaint with the head teacher, alleging that Hriday made "derogatory comments on Islam".

On March 22, some students staged a demonstration and police detained Hriday.

That night, the school's office assistant, Md Asad Miah, filed the case for "demeaning religion".