Teacher, who shot student in class, placed on remand

A Sirajganj court put the teacher who shot a student inside a class on a five-day remand.

Judge Billal Hossain of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court-1 in Sirajganj passed the order on Monday (March 11).

Sirajganj Detective Branch (DB) Sub-Inspector Ibrahim Hossain, also the investigation officer of the case, filed a petition with the court, seeking a seven-day remand for interrogating Dr Raihan Sharif, a lecturer in the community medicine department at Shaheed M Mansur Ali Medical College and Hospital.

After hearing the petition, the court granted a five-day remand to the teacher, he added.

On March 6, Dr Raihan Sharif was suspended for shooting Arafat Amin Tomal, 23, a third-year student, inside a classroom. An arms case was later filed against Raihan in this connection.

The incident of shooting a student inside a classroom by a teacher sparked widespread criticism, prompting the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to form a three-member investigation committee.