Stalkers sexually harass 10th grader

A tenth grader has stopped going to school in Galachipa upazila for about one month after the stalkers tried to sexually harass the girl on August 5.

Three stalkers attacked her near a banana garden in Ashamoni area on the day when she was returning home from her school.

The girl, daughter of a construction worker of Sonkhola village, is a student of Class X at Patabunia High School. 

"Bachchu Khan, Nazrul Islam and Sumon of the same village attacked my daughter when locals came to her rescue and the criminals fled. Since then she has stopped going to school for lack of security, said the victim's father.

The three stalkers became more desperate after he requested them not to disturb his daughter, said the father.

"On August 8, I filed a case with Patuakhali Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal that asked  Galachipa police to take lawful step after proper investigation," he said.

The stalkers are now giving threat to withdraw the case, he added.