Narayanganj: Hours securing interim bail in a case filed for taking bribe from a female teacher of his school, Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, the headmaster of Piyar Sattar Latif High School, was released from jail on Wednesday.

He walked out of the Narayanganj district jail in the evening after the bail order reached the jail, Shyamal Kanti's lawyer Shakhawat Hossain Khan told UNB.

Earlier, a local court granted bail to the headmaster until July 20 after his lawyer Shakhawat filed a bail petition.

On May 24, a local court sent Shyamal Kanti to jail in the case filed for taking Tk 1.35 lakh in bribe from MorshedaBegum, an English teacher of his school, in 2014 promising to enlist her as an MPO-listed teacher.

On July 27, 2015, Morsheda filed the case against him with a court.
 Later, the court asked the officer-in-charge of Bandar Police Station to investigate the complaint. On April 17 last, police submitted a charge-sheet against the headmaster.

On May 13 last year, locals beat up Shyamal Kanti Bhakta bringing charges of hurting religious sentiments against him.

At one stage, local MP AKM Salim Osman made him do sit-ups holding his ears in the presence of local people triggering huge social outcry.