BCL leader arrested over attacking family of a girl he was harassing

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Monday night arrested Faridpur’s Saltha upazila unit president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for attacking family members of a girl who had earlier protested him harassing her.

The arrestee is Roy Mohan Kumar Roy, 28. KM Sheikh Akhter, commander of Rab-8, confirmed the news of the arrest this morning.

The RAB officer said that Mohan was arrested from a bus terminal in Bhanga upazila of the district and handed over to Saltha Police Station later.

Sheikh Md Sadik, officer-in-charge of Saltha Police Station, said the local BCL leader had been making advances to the girl, a student of a government college in the district, over the last four years, and she had been rejecting him.

The girl’s family filed a case accusing Mohan and others in this connection later, he said.

On March 13, the victim’s family held a press conference at the upazila, demanding the immediate arrest of the local BCL leader and justice for her.

Meanwhile, the district unit of BCL has formed a six-member committee to investigate the allegations of attacks and harassment.