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Barisal Schoolteacher

Accused stalker admits killing

Our Correspondent, Bansai
Primary school teachers of Agoiljhara upazila in Barisal yesterday announced weeklong programmes over the killing of a schoolteacher pregnant for four months by a local Jubo League leader for protesting harassment and assaults.
Meanwhile, father of the victim lodged a murder case against the detained killer, Sirajul Islam alias Abul Gomosta, joint secretary of a ward unit of the ruling party's youth wing, in the afternoon with Agailjhara
Police Station, Officer-in-Charge Ashok Kumar Nandi said.
In primary interrogation, Gomosta admitted to his crime, district Police Superintendent (SP) Devdas Bhattacharyya said.
Visiting the area, the SP also asked the investigation officer in the case to submit the charge sheet at the earliest. Gomosta would be sent to the district judicial magistrate for recording his confessional statement, he said.
Gomosta stabbed Sharmin, a teacher at Purba Shujankathi Government Primary School, to death on Wednesday afternoon for refusing his amorous proposal on her way back home. Law enforcers yesterday found a sharp weapon near his house at Shanuhar village of South Goila union. He purchased the knife only a day before the killing, police said.
The victim, daughter of Shahjahan Sarder of the same village, was laid to rest at the graveyard of her inlaws house after three funeral prayers, attended by hundreds of people. The body reached Agoiljhara in the afternoon after an autopsy at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital.
Locals, teachers and students of different schools yesterday demonstrated in the upazila demanding speedy trial of the killer and also besieged the local police station. Teachers of all the primary schools in the upazila yesterday boycotted classes to protest
the death.
They also began observing a seven-day mourning programme that includes wearing black badges, hoisting black flags, forming human chains, handing over memorandum to upazila administration, arranging condolence meeting, said Sohrab Hossain, president of the Agoiljhara Upazila Primary Teachers' Association.
Police records say, Gomosta was earlier arrested at least three times and kept in custody for around 10 months on different charges of stalking and extortion.
The victim's family said the Jubo League leader, a drug addict, had been stalking Sharmin for long. He continued making unwanted amorous advances even after she had been married off to army person Sohel Talukdar of the neighbouring village. He was relentlessly harassing Sharmin even after facing a general diary (GD) and warnings by local elites.
Husband of the victim, who reached home from his work place in Chittagong early yesterday, alleged that Gomosta was an aide to upazila parishad vice-chairman and upazila unit Jubo League general secretary Jasimuddin Sarder, who used to back his misdeeds.
Jasimuddin, denying the allegation, demanded punishment of the killer. He said Gomosta was recently ousted from the area following pressure from locals and that his return in the area was unknown to him.