Molestation
Victim off to Singapore for treatment
The class-X student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, who was molested allegedly by her teacher, went to Singapore for treatment Thursday night.
She will undergo treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital for the elbow injury she sustained during the incident. She got hurt when accused Porimol Joydhor tied her hands, said victim’s grandfather.
Her parents and brother accompanied her to Singapore, he said, adding that the victim’s father, who has a heart condition, fell sick on Monday and he also needs better medical care.
Asked whether their absence would affect the case, the grandfather said saving lives is the priority now and the rest depends on the people of the country and the media.
He also claimed of receiving threats over the phone from anonymous callers.
According to the victim’s written complaint to the school authorities, Porimol, a teacher of Bangla department of the school’s Bashundhara branch, sexually assaulted her for the first time on May 28 and then again on June 17 when she went to his coaching centre at his residence in Badda.
The incident sparked a huge resentment among the students of the school and their parents. They staged demonstrations in front of the institution demanding punishment of the accused.
The victim’s father filed a sexual assault case against Porimol on Tuesday, the same day the school authorities fired him. Porimol was arrested the next day from Kamrangirchar.
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed the accused on a five-day remand in the case.
-WIth The Daily Star input
