Shyamal Kanti reinstated, school body dismissed

Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, the humiliated headmaster of Piyar Sattar Latif High School in Bandar Upazila of Narayanganj, has been reinstated.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid made the disclosure while briefing media at the International Mother Language Institute in capital’s Segunbagicha around 11:30am on Thursday.

The managing committee of the school has also been dismissed and a new committee led by Narayanganj’s district commissioner was formed, the minister told media at the briefing.

On May 13, locals beat Shyamal Kanti Bhakta for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. At one stage, local MP AKM Selim Osman forced him to do sit-ups holding his ears.

A video clip of the incident went viral on social media, triggering public outrage and a firestorm of protests on social networking sites with people mimicking the squatting holding their earlobes.

The managing committee of the Piyar Sattar Latif High School also suspended Shyamal Kanti from his post temporarily. He got the suspension letter on Tuesday while undergoing at a local hospital.