Finding no alternative, a woman with her minor girl has taken shelter at Khulna press club yesterday in a bid to save themselves from attack of local goons.
Momotaz Begum, mother of Farzana Akter Anamika who is a student of Class X at Yusuf MA Majid High School, while talking to journalists said Naim, son of Nantu Mollah of Fulbari gate area in Khulna city, had been harassing her daughter for long.
She said: “I have talked with his parents and local distinguished about the mater, but no result has come. Naim and his cohorts also vandalised my house two days ago. They also took signatures from us on a white paper. I was compelled to complain Daulatpur police station, as I had no option.”
She also alleged that the hoodlums also assaulted her husband Moshiur Rahman.
Earlier, police arrested Naim following a complain of Momotaz on June 11. He was sentenced to six months of imprisonment for harassing the girl by a mobile court on the same day.
Momotaz alleged that family members of Naim who were influential in the locality had been threatening them with dire consequences since then.
“When we went to Daulatpur police station today [yesterday] morning, police told us that they would not take any responsibilities of us, if we go back to our residence at Fulbari gate. To save our lives we have come to you [journalists], she said breaking down in tears.
Officer-in-Charge of Daulatpur police station SM Anwar Hossain said people of the locality were annoyed with them, as Momotaz Begum filed several cases against many people.
“Local residents have already alleged that the mother-daughter are involved in anti-social activities. They can freely move, as police have helped them.”
Mominul Islam, coordinator of the Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR), told the Dhaka Tribune that Momotaz Begum had taken shelter at the press club as they had not got any assistance from law enforcement agencies.
He also urged authorities concerned to come forward to help the mother-daughter.
