One arrested over sexual harassment and video circulation in Barisal

Police have arrested a Ratan Boiragi, in a case filed against five people on accounts of sexual harassment and circulation a video of the incident on Facebook, of a girl of class VII, in Banaripara upazila in Barisal. Banaripara police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sajjad Hossain said that the victim's father lodged a case against the five people on Thursday morning. The five accused are Shahin Khan, Ratan Boiragi, Saiful Islam, Faruk Howlader and his wife, Naznin Akhter. According to the case, the victim was invited in by Naznin, a neighbour, while returning home from school Wednesday afternoon. After being invited in, Shahin allegedly sexually harassed and tried to rape the victim, while his associate Ratan recorded the incident of abuse on Shahin's mobile phone. At one point, the victim bit Shahin's hand and managed to flee from the house. After arriving home, she informed her parents about the incident. In the meantime, the abusers spread the video of sexual harassment on Facebook. Following the circulation of the video, the victim's father rushed to the police station and lodged a case against the miscreants, police sources said. Sub-Inspector Ruhul Amin, the investigating officer in the case, said that the police are trying to arrest the others accused, while Ratan Boiragi has been sent to jail Thursday afternoon after being presented before the court.