Elderly man held for 'sexually harassing women,girls'

Police have arrested a 62-year-old-man on charges of sexually harassing women and girls in broad daylight on the streets in Rajshahi city pretending him as beggar.

Accused Enamul Haque is a resident of Kalinagar village of Manda upazila of Naogaon.
Boalia police arrested Bulu from Shaheb-Bazar Zero-Point area in the city on Sunday night after a video clip went viral on different social media.

One Saidul Islam Dulal noticed that the accused intentionally was touching women and girls inappropriately pretending to beg from them in Shaheb-Bazar area on Sunday afternoon.

He secretly captured a video of around eight-minute long and posted it on Facebook and it went viral within a short period of time.

Boalia Model Police Station officer in-charge (OC) Nibaran Chandra Barman said during initial questioning, it was known that he is the father of two and live in a rented house near Shah Makhdum College in Rajshahi with his family.

One of the victims filed a case in this connection, said the OC.

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