Case filed over assault on 2 girls

Police yesterday filed a case naming Nehal Ahmed Jihad as the prime accused in connection with the assault of two girls at Munshiganj launch terminal on Friday.

Jihad, 24, was arrested around 2:00pm on Saturday, said police.

Mohammad Milon Biswas, a sub-inspector of Muktarpur Naval Police Outpost, also made 20-25 unnamed people accused in the case, said Munshiganj Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Saiful Alam.

The OC said the case has been filed under Section 10 of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, among other charges.

A court sent Jihad to jail when police produced him before it with a five-day remand prayer, said Court Inspector Kamrul Islam Mia, adding that it will hear the appeal today.

According to the case, Jihad and 20–25 unidentified individuals unlawfully boarded the MV Captain launch around 8:00pm on Friday at Munshiganj launch terminal and assaulted the teenagers.

In the case, they have been accused of sexual harassment, physical assault, property vandalism, and issuing threats.  A viral footage circulating on social media shows Jihad assaulting two female passengers on the deck using a belt. Another widely shared video shows several men beating a woman on the second floor of the vessel.