Bangladesh politician, land donor walk 'bridges' on students' backs, shoulders

Pictures of a Jamalpur school land donor walking on the shoulders of students have emerged at a time when Chandpur's Haimchar Upazila chairman has landed himself in the vortex of an exact same controversy.

The duo walked on the backs of students in separate events at two schools.

On Jan 29, land donor Dildar Hossain Prince attending an event at Mahmudpur Bahumukhi High School in Jamalpur's Melandaha was photographed walking on the shoulders of students who were performing as a bridge.

The picture raked up a storm of anger from netizens when it began to circulate on Wednesday on the social media.

The school's Physical Education Teacher Hafizur Rahman helped Prince walk across the 'human bridge'.

Headmaster Md Asalat Zaman told bdnews24.com the Bangladesh Scouts members of the school had made a human bridge at the farewell of SSC candidates but was unsure if the chief guest had walked across 'it'.

"Just walked over the shoulders of the students, nothing more than that happened," Prince told bdnews24.com.

Chandpur's Haimchar Upazila Council Chairman and Upazila Awami League General Secretary Noor Hossain Patwari has also landed himself in a soup after walking across a human "Padma Bridge" made by the students.

 

That incident took place on Monday at Nilkamal Osmania High School during its annual sports day.

The pictures and a video of Noor Hossain walking on the back of a student borne aloft on the hands of his peers have raised a furore.

Facebook users have demanded the punishment of both Noor Hossain and the school administration.

The Melandaha incident surfaced only after the Haimchar incident took Facebook by storm.