Youth jailed for stalking

A mobile court sentenced a youth to six months' imprisonment for teasing a minor girl at Dakkhin Kaikhali in Kathalia upazila of the district yesterday. The stalker is Md Jashim Munsi, 20, of Moddokaikhali in the upazila, said Abu Zafor Sheikh, sub-inspector of Kathalia Police Station. On information, police arrested the youth while he was stalking the 12-year-old girl in the afternoon. He was later produced before the court, led by Upazila Nirbahi Officer Dr Sharif Mohammad Fayzul Alam, which pronounced the verdict, said the SI.