Sexual Assault
Parimal confesses involvement
Parimol Joydhor, a Bangla teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College’s Bashundhara branch on Monday made confessional statement about his involvement in violating a student when she went to his coaching centre at his residence in Badda area of the city. Inspector (Officer-in-Charge) of Badda police station and also the investigation officer (IO) of the case SM Shahadat Hossain appealed to the court to record the confessional statement of Parimol on Monday, while Metropolitan Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka recorded the statement from 12 noon to 3.00 pm at his chamber. No lawyer appeared to the court on behalf of the accused and on completion of recording the confessional statement, the Magistrate passed orders to send Parimol to the jail. However, it could not be known what the accused told the court in his confessional statement. A source says, Parimol said he had taken video snap of violation and confessed his unethical relation with the victim. He was placed on remand for seven days in two terms to interrogate him about his immoral activities with the students. According to the written statement of the victim, Parimal sexually assaulted the victim twice once on May 28 and later on June 17. The law enforcers arrested Parimal the day after upon a sexual assault case filed against him by the father of the victim. School principal Husne Ara Begum and Bashundhara branch-in-charge are also accused in the case. The victim is now undergoing treatment in Singapore. Meanwhile, the students and guardians have been demonstrating for the last few days for punishment. Meanwhile, the governing body of the institute in a press release on Monday expressed deep concern over the situation and expressed solidarity with the demand of the students and guardians.
-With The New Nation input
