Bhakta held his ears willingly: Salim

Jatiya Party MP AKM Salim Osman on Thursday said headmaster Shyamal Kanti Bhakta did sit-ups holding his ears in public willingly for saving himself from public wrath after hurting religious sentiments, reports the UNB.
 
“He (Shyamal Kanti) confessed to me that he had made the remarks about religion mistakenly and did the sit-ups holding his ears willingly to save himself from public wrath,” Salim said this at a press conference at Narayanganj Press Club.
 
Responding to a question whether he will apologize as people from all walks of life raised a demand for apology from the MP over the incident, Salim Osman said, “The question doesn’t arise to say sorry even if I die.”
Meanwhile, the government dissolved the school’s managing committee leading to his automatic reinstatement in the face of huge outrage over the suspension of the Narayanganj’s high school headmaster, who was humiliated in public on allegation of hurting religious sentiments.
 
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid came up with the announcement at a press briefing at International Mother Language Institute in the capital in the morning.
 
The managing committee of Piyar Sattar Latif High School has been dissolved as it illegally suspended headmaster Shyamal Kanti and with this, he (the headmaster) has stayed back in the position.
 
A new managing committee has been formed with the deputy commissioner of Narayanganj district as its head to operate the school.
 
On May 13, locals beat up Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, headmaster of Piyar Sattar Latif High School in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj, bringing charges of hurting religious sentiments against him.
 
At one stage, local MP AKM Salim Osman forced the headmaster to do sit-ups holding ears.
 
The incident went viral on the social media triggering huge public outcry across the country.