Teacher Hriday Mandal granted bail
10 April 2022, 02:27 pm | Updated: 24 November 2024, 03:18 pm
A Munshiganj court on Sunday granted bail to Hriday Chandra Mandal, a school teacher who is now behind bars in a case filed over hurting religious sentiments.
Judge of District and Sessions Judge’s Court in Munshiganj, Motaharat Akter Bhuiyan granted the bail on a bond of Tk 5,000 around 1:20pm.
His bail petition was denied earlier on March 23 and 28.
On March 20, Hriday, assistant teacher of Binodpur Ram Kumar High School in Munshiganj, was having a conversation with students about the difference between science and religion.
Later in the afternoon, a group of students filed a written complaint with the head teacher, alleging that Hriday made "derogatory comments on Islam".
On March 22, some students staged demonstration and police detained Hriday.
That night, the school's office assistant, Md Asad Miah, filed the case for “demeaning religion”.
