Mobile court jails two youths over harassment of female students in Netrokona

Police catch offenders red-handed while making lewd remarks on Shialjani canal bridge

A mobile court has sentenced two youths to one month of prison each for harassing female students in Netrokona's Mohonganj.

Executive Magistrate and Assistant Commissioner (Land) MA Kader handed down the verdict after the duo was caught targeting school and college-goers with offensive comments.

Mohonganj Police chief Md Hafizul Islam Harun said on Thursday morning that the convicts were sent to jail following their arrest the previous evening.

The individuals, identified as Syed Maqsudul Haque Chowdhury Siam, 22, and Runel Mia, 23, were loitering on the Shialjani canal bridge near the town’s food grain warehouse at 5:15pm on Wednesday.

Local residents alerted the authorities as the men continued to harass passing students with indecent remarks and inappropriate behaviour.

A police team arrived at the scene and detained them in the act before escorting them to the mobile court for summary judgment.