Three men and one woman were passengers in the CNG-powered autorickshaw. As the back seat was empty, a teacher went with them. After some distance, the driver left the destination road and entered another road. When she protested, the teacher's face was tied with a towel. He was then beaten by pulling down the curtains on both sides of the autorickshaw. At one stage, gold ornaments, mobile phone and money were taken away from his hands, fingers, ears and neck.
The incident took place on Afzal road in Laxmipur's Chandraganj on Wednesday afternoon. The victim's name is Lakshmi Rani Nath. He is the assistant teacher of Alhaj Ibrahim Mia Girls High School of Upazila. After the robbery, the miscreants pushed him from the moving auto-rickshaw and left him behind.
The police arrested three people for their involvement in the incident. They are Md. Mamun (24), Nurul Islam (35) and Mohammad Raju (22).
Lakshmi Rani's son Tapan Majumdar said his mother got into an autorickshaw to go to a nursery west of Chandraganj police station. At one point the autorickshaw left the destination road and entered another road. When asked where she was being taken, miscreants tied her mother's face with a towel. Later, after beating him and taking away the gold ornaments, he tried to throw them in the pond. He claimed that he did not know how to swim. Later, he was pushed from a moving auto-rickshaw and thrown into a roadside garden.
After this incident, local residents rescued Laxmi Rani Nath in an injured condition and admitted him to Laxmipur Sadar Hospital. Her fellow teacher Abul Hasnat said the robbers beat up Lakshmi Rani. Both his eyes are swollen. The eyelids are blackened. The face was also injured.
Meanwhile, teachers and students of the school, members of the management committee and local residents formed a human chain in the Chandraganj Paschim Bazar area of the Dhaka-Laxmipur Regional Highway on Thursday from 12 noon to 1 am in protest of this incident.
Mahi Uddin, the headmaster of the school, gave a speech in the human chain. He urged the administration to ensure the safety of everyone including teachers and students. At the same time, the people involved in this incident are quickly brought under the law and demanded exemplary punishment. At that time, Chandraganj Thana Jubo Dal convener Enayet Ulyah, Chandraganj Union BNP general secretary Tofazzal Hossain and others were present.
in-Charge (OC) of Chandraganj Police Station Abdur Rob said that three people have been arrested for their involvement in the incident. The teacher has been advised to file a case in this incident. Police operation is on to arrest others involved in the incident.
