File PhotoDHAKA, Jan 23, 2026 (BSS) - A court here today sent to jail one Pabitra Kumar Barua, manager of a kindergarten named Sharmin Academy in the Nayapaltan area of the capital, in a case lodged over mentally and physically abusing a four-year-old student of the school. The court sent the accused to jail and set January 27 for holding a hearing on the remand plea as the concerned investigation officer was not present at the court during today's hearing. Police arrested Pabitra Kumar Barua in a raid conducted around 4:30 am on Friday in the Mirpur-6 area of the capital. However, footage collected with the help of local residents showed the child being taken into the office room and subjected to physical abuse. He was first taken to Islami Bank Hospital in Nayapaltan and later to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.
