Three arrested for harassing female journalist in Badda's Bonosree

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested three people in connection with the harassment and assault of a female journalist from the English daily New Age BD in the capital's Bonosree area. Two of them were arrested on Wednesday (April 2) night and another was arrested on Thursday (April 3).

The arrestees are: 1. Soyeb Rahman Zishan (son of Mizanur Rahman Khan from Morelganj police station in Bagerhat) 2. Md Raisul Islam (21) (son of Sakhawat Hossain from Sadar upazila in Barishal) 3. Md Kausar Hossain (21) (son of Nurul Amin from Sadar upazila in Barishal). The incident took place in front of a juice shop on road number three in block E of Bonosree around 8 pm on Wednesday.

The victim female journalist stated that when she went to the juice shop in front of her home, a group of local youths began teasing her. When she protested, they beat her and her younger brother and physically assaulted her. Following the incident, the victim made a post on Facebook which quickly went viral. It was learned that one of the attackers identified himself as a journalist and issued threats.

Later, the victim filed a case at Rampura police station mentioning the names of two individuals, Zishan and Parthib, along with several unnamed accused. During a RAB drive, the first accused was arrested from the Meradia area. Following information provided by him, Raisul was arrested from Bailey Road and Kausar was arrested from Gendaria. RAB stated that legal procedures are underway against the arrestees and action will be taken against the culprits after investigating the entire incident.