Lakehead Grammar School to remain closed as top court extends freezes

The court’s order to reopen Dhaka’s Lakehead Grammar School will remain on hold for another 10 days.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 19 Nov 2017, 08:25 AM
Updated : 19 Nov 2017, 08:55 AM

On Sunday, the Appellate Division extended the stay on the High Court’s decision and said the state can file a plea requesting permission to hear an appeal.

On Nov 6, the education ministry ordered the district administration to shut the school.

The next day, a police team led by a magistrate closed down the school’s branches in Dhanmondi and Gulshan.

The ministry says the school was patronising anti-state as well as militant activities.

The five-member appellate bench led by acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah also ordered authorities to probe the allegations against the school administration or staff of links to militancy and update the court by Nov 30, when the next hearing will be held.

An official at the education ministry told bdnews24.com that the government investigated some directors and teachers of the school after receiving complaints over their connection with militancy.

The investigators found the allegations true, the official said, requesting anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media over the issue.

"Some people involved with the school have been detained by the police," the official said.

One of the owners of the schools and several parents moved the High Court against the government’s decision, filed three separate petitions and secured a decision in their favour.