KOLKATA: In yet another attack on a christian missionary school at
Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas early on Wednesday, four class rooms
were ransacked and official and educational equipments were also
damaged. The almirah in an office room was also broke open and several
articles in the almirah were also found scattered on the floor. Police
are looking for the culprits. But no one has been arrested in this
connection yet.
The ransacking on Believers Charch missionary
school at Abdalpur adjacent to the Badu Road towards Barasat's Kharibari
in Madhyamgram, barely 4 km from Kolkata Airport triggered a tension in
the area.
Panic gripped the bishop, fathers and nuns and the
other teachers in the school and they also appealed to the police for a
strong security arrangements for the school.
Juria Bardhan, the bishop of the school lodged a complaint on Wednesday
morning with Madhyamgram police station in this connection. The school
was also remained closed on Wednesday.
"We are really in panic
following the attack for the first time in our under Charch school. We
could be attacked any time. But We can't understand why the ransacking
was carried out and by whom. We have no problem with anybody in the
locality. Most of the students come from local area. I have urged police
to take a legal action in this connection and to provide adequate
security for the school," the bishop said.
The regional
co-ordinator of the school, Rabin Dutta said, "Several Christian
missionary schools across the country already came under attack. The
horror of recent past brutal attack on a Ranaghat convent and subsequent
horrible torture on an elderly nun is yet to die down. We got
frightened with the Wednesday's attack."
He also said that the
attackers damaged the books, study papers, several study equipments,
food materials for the students and also musical instruments used by the
students.
The school is run under believers Charch here for over a decade.
There are 130 students in the school and those students are studied at
free cost. The lunch and tiffin are also provided to the students mostly
come from under privileged families.
The guardians of the
students also launched an agitation to protest against the attack on an
educational institution under the Charch. They have also demanded
immediate arrest of the culprits.
Police said the attack took place around 2.30 am and the goons sneaked into the building through an open window of a bathroom.
"Initially we suspect that petty burglars could strike in search of
valuables. We are however investigating the mater and a raid is on to
nab culprits", said Bhaskar Mukherjee,ASP, North 24 Parganas.
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