Stalker arrested, placed on remand
A Mymensingh court yesterday placed a man on two days’ remand after police produced him before it in a case filed for allegedly stalking and stabbing a 14-year-old girl in Gouripur upazila on Thursday.
Police arrested Johirul Islam, 35, son of late Shamsul Islam from Achintapur village in the upazila, around 2:30pm on Saturday in Sadarghat area of Chattogram.
Kamrul Islam Mia, officer-in-charge (OC) of Gouripur Police Station, said the court granted a two-day remand against their seven-day prayer for Johirul.
The injured teen girl, student of ninth grade at a local school, was released from Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) on Saturday after undergoing treatment at the hospital since Thursday.
Citing the case statement, the OC said Johirul, father of two children and known as a drug addict in his area, had been stalking the girl for a long time. On Thursday morning, he along with another unidentified man kept harassing the girl on way to her school.
After the girl protested their harassment, Johirul became furious and severely injured her by stabbing her in the abdomen.
Hearing her cry for help, locals came to her rescue and sent her to Gouripur Upazila Health Complex. Later that day, she was taken to MMCH.
The girl’s father filed the case with the police station the same day, accusing Johirul and the other unidentified man, the OC said, adding that they were conducting raids to arrest the other accused.
The headteacher of the school, attended by the girl, said Johirul’s family was informed on various occasions, but he did not stop stalking or harassing the student of his school.
Meanwhile, locals as well as teachers and students of the school staged several demonstrations in the area, demanding arrest of the stalkers.
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