I’ll not apologise: Selim Osman

Lawmaker AKM Selim Osman on Thursday said he would not apologise and claimed that he did not humiliate Piyar Sattar Latif High School head teacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta but the ‘crazy teacher’ had opted to go up and down holding the ears.
At a press conference at Narayanganj Club, Jatiya Party lawmaker for Narayanganj 5 constituency Selim Osman said, ‘To whom would I offer apology? The teacher who made derogatory remarks about Allah?’
Lawmaker Selim Osman along with local people forced the teacher to go up and down holding the ears after mob beating on May 13 on allegation of making derogatory remarks on Islam.
The locals were mobilised through an announcement from a local mosque that Shyamal made ‘offensive comments about religion’ while meting out corporal punishment to a student on May 8.
A video clip, which showed that Selim Osman, Bandar upazila education officer AKM Nurul Amin and others were humiliating the teacher, went viral on social media and drew widespread criticism.
Selim Osman said that he was ashamed and sorry as some people had misunderstood him viewing the video clip.
Salim Osman also questioned the probe of education ministry that did not find evidence of hurting religious sentiment by the teacher.
‘I am not insane…I have evidence of his hurting religious sentiment and I will make them public,’ he claimed.
He said that he neither humiliated nor suspended the teacher. ‘The crazy teacher himself opted to go up and down holding the ears and I agreed to the proposal to save his life,’ Selim said.

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