BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said demanded the trial of those involved in the in incidents of sexual assaults during Pohela Boishakh celebrations in Dhaka University.
The BNP chief came up with the demand in a press conference at her Gulshan office on Sunday afternoon.
She said the government should step down for its failure to ensure security to the women.
Khaleda condemned the sexual assault incidents and expressed sympathy for the victims.
She also questioned the role of the on-duty police members during the Pohela Boishakh celebrations.
When thousands of people were celebrating the Pohela Boishakh, gangs of unruly youths swooped on around five to seven women and sexually harassed them at Suhrawardy Udyan and some parts of Dhaka University campus.
The attackers were honking vuvuzelas during the assaults to suppress the victims’ screams, witnesses said adding that they also filmed the incidents with inhuman enthusiasm.
Bangladesh Students’ Union DU unit President Liton Nandi received severe injuries while trying to rescue a woman near the TSC.