‘Provoking suicide’ of Aritry: VNSC teachers get bail

A Dhaka court has granted bail to two former teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in a case filed over provoking suicide of ninth-grader Aritry Adhikary in December 2018.

Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the 3rd Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court passed the order yesterday after the teachers -- Nazneen Ferdous, former acting principal of the school, and Zinat Akhtar, former morning shift in-charge -- surrendered before the court and sought bail.

On August 23, a Dhaka court cancelled their bail and issued arrest warrants against the duo, as they were absent in the court without any explanation.

Aritry was found hanging from the ceiling of her home in Shantinagar on December 3, 2018, hours after she and her father were allegedly insulted by some teachers of the school.

The next day, her father Dilip Adhikary filed the case with Paltan Police Station, accusing three teachers of provoking Aritry's suicide.

Police arrested Aritry's class teacher Hasna Hena (51), hours after she was suspended, on December 5. The same day, Nazneen and Zinat were also suspended, following an education ministry order. They later got bail after surrendering before a Dhaka court.

Inspector Kazi  Kamrul Islam of Detective Branch (DB) of police on March 28 last year submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of  Dhaka against Nazneen Ferdous and Zinat Akhtar.

On July 10 last year, the court framed charges against the two accused.