Youth jailed for stalking

A mobile court sentenced a young man to nine months' imprisonment and fined Tk five thousand for stalking a schoolgirl at Pachbaria village in Baraigram upazila yesterday evening. The stalker is Md Firoz Islam, 27, son of Abul Kalam of the village. Firoz used to tease the girl on her way to school for long. On information, locals caught the stalker from the spot in the evening and handed him over to police. Later, he was produced before the court led by Executive Magistrate Md Sarwar Alam who penalised the youth.