Road blocked demanding punishment to stalker
About a thousand students of Amlagachhi D U Girls' High School in Palashbari upazila yesterday boycotted classes and blocked Amlagachhi-Palashbari road demanding punishment to a youth for stalking a student of class seven.
The three-hour-long road barricade stranded hundreds of vehicles on both sides of the road creating a huge tailback.
Expressing solidarity with the agitating students, Nuruzzaman Prodhan, secretary of Palashbari Upazila Nagorik Committee, upazila Awami League vice-president Khandaker Motlabur Rahman, headmaster of the school Abdus Salam and student leaders Sumona Akhter and Afsani Begum spoke during the programme.
The speakers said, Hossain Ali, 23, of Durgapur village in Palashbari upazila has been stalking Asha Moni, a student of class seven on her way to school for long.
The matter was brought to the guardians of the stalker but to no effect.
On 11 May, the stalker waylaid Asha Moni and dragged her on the way to school. Local people, however, foiled his attempt.
Later, father of the victim lodged a complaint with police station, but police are yet to arrest the stalker.
The students withdrew their agitation programme after Palashbari UNO Nurun Nahar rushed to spot and assured them of arresting the stalker soon.
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