Law Minister Anisul Huq today came down heavily on the incident of public humiliation of a teacher and said such an action is “a punishable offence.”

“It won’t be tolerated,” he told journalists at a programme in Dhaka this morning, drawing reference to the incident that has been storming in the social media.

A headmaster of a school in Narayanganj was beaten up by a mob and made to do sit-ups holding his ears in the presence of local Jatiya Party lawmaker AKM Selim Osman last Friday.

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Allegations against him were that he demeaned religion.

However, the victim, a Hindu community member, said the locals were provoked with false allegations and that a group of teachers of the school held a grudge on him as he refused to meet their unfair demands.

The incident, that has a video circulating in the social media, drew widespread flak. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has condemned the incident.

A probe body has been launched to investigate into the incident.

TONU MURDER TRIAL

The law minister also shed light on the recent development on Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, who, now after yesterday’s autopsy report, was confirmed to have been raped before murder.

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“If the home ministry thinks, the trial of this murder can be processed in a speedy trial tribunal,” he said. “Report has been given. The court will take a decision in this regard.”