The High Court has ordered the authorities concerned to investigate the allegation of harassment of students wearing hijab and burqa in eight educational institutions.
The HC bench of Justice Mozibur Rahman and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order on Thursday.
The court also asked the education secretary, the home secretary and DG of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education to submit a report within 60 days stating what action has been taken against those involved in the incidents.
The eight educational institutions are Barbarpur High School in Mahadevpur of Naogaon: Brojendraganj RC High School in Dirai upazila of Sunamganj; Bhadeswar Nasir Uddin High School in Golapganj of Sylhet; Department of Management in Kushtia Islamic University; Sher-e-Bangla High School in Senbagh of Noakhali; Joarganj Buddhist High School in Mirersarai of Chattogram; Satbaria High School in Chandlaish of Chattogram, And Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University of Science and Technology in Gopalganj.
The court has declared August 11 as the next date for hearing.
In 2019, Allama Mohammad Mahbub Alam, editor of the daily Al Ihsan and monthly Al Bayyanat, filed a writ petition with the HC attaching media reports on harassment of students and parents for wearing hijab and burqas.
On July 1 that year, the court issued a rule after preliminary hearing.
Mahbub Alam filed a supplementary petition last month citing media reports over harassment of students at educational institutions wearing burqa and hijab.
