Youth jailed for stalking

A mobile court on Sunday jailed a youth in Akkelpur upazila for one year for stalking a college girl. Convict Zahurul Islam, 26, is son of Abdur Rahman of Matapur village. Family members and Akkelpur police said that the girl of the same upazila was a first year HSC student of Jamalganj Degree College. When the girl was returning home with her fellow students in the afternoon, Zahurul suddenly appeared in front of her and started to sexually harass her publicly. Hearing her screams, locals rescued her and caught the stalker.