Chaitali Chaki assaulted and stripped for scolding Muslim student [ West Bengal, India]

[ Reported as seen]

On 21 July, a female teacher, Chaitali Chaki in West Bengal was assaulted and stripped by a mob of Muslim guardians of some students after she had scolded a Muslim girl, Jarnatun Khatoon studying in the school. The incident took place in Trimohini Pratap Chandra High Secondary School in South Dinjapur.

Reportedly, Jarnatun Khatoon, a class 9 student, was loitering on the veranda of the school instead of being in the class, teacher Chaitali Chaki had scolded Khatoon by holding her ear. Jarnatun alleged that the teacher also slapped her on back, and her hijab had slipped down from her head at that time.

After the parents of Jarnatun learnt about the incident after she reached home, the family members and others in the area reached the school. They were enraged that the teacher had hit the student causing her hijab to fall down. They entered the staff room of the school and assaulted the teacher. They also almost stripped Chaitali Chaki during the assault by pulling her cloths. Other teachers were shocked to see this but they could not stop the mob.

A video of the incident that appeared on social media shows a huge commotion inside the staff room, where the guardians, some of them wearing skullcaps, are seen assaulting the female teacher.

On the next day, the principal, Kamal Kumar Jain had claimed that the matter has been resolved after a compromise by between the two parties. But soon it was found to be incorrect, as while a meeting between the two parties was held, there was no compromise. Later the principal himself went the police station along with teacher Chaitali Chaki to file a case in the matter. In the complaint, several persons including Firdous Mandal, Afruza Mandal, Zakir Hossen, Masud Khatoon and Mafooja Khatoon have been named.

While the students and other parents are demanding action against the mob for assaulting the teacher, nobody has been nabbed by police so far.

3 days after the incident no action has been taken against the assaulters. The TMC is indeed keeping its word of not taking any action against the Muslims. TMC has a long record of pampering Muslim criminals and it is yet another case when a Hindu has been the bait to prove the party’s loyalty to its Muslim vote bank.