Ex-NCTB chief assaulted by mob over trifles
His house comes under attack; 200 unidentified people sued
Professor Ratan Siddique, former chairman of National Curriculum and Textbook Board, was assaulted by a mob in front of his house in the capital's Uttara yesterday afternoon over trifles.
Prof Ratan and his wife Fahmida Haq were returning home in their car, but they could not enter the house because a motorcycle was parked right in front of the gate, said Morshed Alam, deputy commissioner (Uttara Division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
As the driver of the car honked, people coming out of an adjacent mosque after Juma prayers asked why they honked near a mosque and began an argument with Prof Ratan, said the officer.
At one point, the men hit Prof Ratan as he went inside his house and locked the collapsible gate, he added.
Police said the mob broke one of the locks of the gate and repeatedly demanded that Fahmida apologise to them.
Fahmida accused 200-300 unnamed people in a case filed last night with Uttara West Police Station.
Meanwhile, Prof Ratan's daughter Purnava Haq Siddique in a Facebook post wrote, "My father came under attack in front of our house today. The attackers punched my father, hurled abuse at my parents. The driver and security guard were also attacked."
Police soon appeared at the scene and calmed the situation outside the house.