A mobile court has fined three teachers Tk 1,000 each for running an illegal coaching center in Lakshmipur Ramgati. The mobile court headed by Upazila Executive Officer and Executive Magistrate Azgar Ali handed down the sentence in Alexander Upazila Sadar on Tuesday night. Four coaching centers, including those run by the teachers, have been closed down.
The convicted teachers are Md. Helal Uddin, an assistant teacher at Alexander Model Pilot High School, Abu Bakar Siddique Bablu, a lecturer of Bengali at Char Abdullah Fazil Madrasa, and Md. Faruk, a teacher at Bikalpak Coaching Center.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Azgar Ali said that as part of taking action against illegal coaching centers, a raid was conducted on four coaching centers in Upazila Sadar Alexander on Tuesday night. At that time, Md. Helal Uddin was arrested red-handed while running a coaching center at his own house in front of the Upazila Parishad, Abu Bakar Siddique Bablu was arrested while running a coaching center at a rented house in the Sonapur Bus Terminal area, and Md. Faruk of the Bikalpak Coaching Center in Pir Para was arrested red-handed.
Apart from this, a raid was also conducted on the coaching center run by Alexander Model Pilot High School assistant teachers Nazrul Islam and Mahbubur Rahman on Khandaker Road. However, the teachers of that coaching center called out after sensing the presence of the mobile court. Due to this, no one from that coaching center could be arrested.