The police have taken the school office assistant and night guard into custody for questioning. The girl is a sixth class student of the institution.
According to the girl’s family, teachers and police, a farewell program for SSC (Secondary School Certificate) candidates was organized at the school on Thursday, where students from other classes were also present. Although the program ended around 3:00 pm and most of the students returned home, the girl’s family could not find her. At one point, the schoolgirl’s family members requested the office assistant to check on the school’s classrooms.
Speaking to Prothom Alo outside the gynecology ward of Kushtia General Hospital, an maternal uncle of the girl said that when the family members went to the school and requested the office assistant to open the lock of the classrooms for search, she paid no attention and instead behaved aggressively.
According to him, later after repeatedly contacting the headmaster, the classrooms were searched at around 8 pm. After opening the lock of the ground floor, they found the girl lying unconscious on the first floor. Her sandals were found on the second floor. He was immediately rescued and taken to Mirpur Upazila Health Complex, from where doctors referred him to Kushtia General Hospital.