A probe body has recommended departmental action against five policemen for allegedly sexually harassing schoolgirls in front of a temporary police outpost in Kharabad Baintola area under Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila.
Khulna Additional Superintendent of Police Md Sajib Khan, who is heading the probe body, submitted the probe report to the office of Khulna Superintendent of Police (SP) Nizamul Huq Molla on Saturday, according to sources.
No decision has been taken yet as the SP was staying outside Khulna on Saturday.
The probe body visited Kharabad Baintala area on Thursday and recorded the statement of 30 locals over the alleged sexual harassment.
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Earlier, locals detained the five law enforcement personnel of Kharabad Baintola police outpost in the afternoon on January 9 following an allegation that those five men had allegedly beaten a man and vandalized his shop for raising complaints over the stalking of his sister.
SP Nizamul Huq Molla visited the outpost and closed the accused personnel – Nayek Zahid and Constables Riyad, Nayeem, Abir and Sumanta – instantly to appease the situation.
Later, seven other personnel of the outpost – its in-charge Tariquzzaman, Arif 1, Tanvir, Ishtiaq, Arif 2, Humayun and Bakul – were closed to the police line.
The assaulted man’s sister, a 10th grader, alleged that the policemen used to harass her in front of the outpost on her way to and from school.
“The police members used to whistle at me and harass me in various ways. After informing my elder brother about the matter, he went to the outpost to talk about it. Police members there beat him and later vandalized his shop,” she told the Dhaka Tribune.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
