A Chittagong court on Wednesday sent 13 schoolteachers to jail in a sedition case on charge of defaming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a question paper.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Sazzad Hossain of Banshkhali passed the order after the accused had appeared before the court with bail prayers.
The magistrate rejected the bail prayers of the accused and sent them to jail, said Banshkhali Police Station officer-in-charge, Alamgir Hossain.
On April 12, 2017, after receiving the home ministry’s approval, police filed a case with Banshkhali Police Station accusing the 13 school teachers for their involvement in setting a question paper where a local BNP leader and union parisad chairman was compared with Bangabandhu.
The question was prepared for a course examination on Bangladesh O Bishwa Porichoy for class IX students at Bangabandhu Uccha Bidyalaya.
The matter was public on July 19, 2016, the day the exam was taken.
Assistant Teacher Dukul Barua of Banshkhali Bangabandhu Uccha Bidyalaya was named as the prime accused in the case while the others were members of a committee involved in preparing the question paper, police claimed.
