Barisal man held for girl's death

Police have arrested the Barisal Brajamohan College student who allegedly took undressed video footage of a female classmate and spread it on the campus prompting her to commit suicide.

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Published : 19 July 2011, 11:48 AM
Updated : 19 July 2011, 11:48 AM
Barisal, July 19 (bdnews24.com) β€” Police have arrested the Barisal Brajamohan College student who allegedly took undressed video footage of a female classmate and spread it on the campus prompting her to commit suicide.
Officer in-charge of Kotwali Model Police Station Jahangir Hossain told bdnews24.com that they arrested Nazrul Islam when he came to attend examinations in the college on Tuesday.
Police recovered the hanged body of the 22-year-old Brajamohan College girl from a house at the city's Lechu Shah Road on Monday night where she lived with her husband. She hailed from Ashashuni Upazila in Satkhira.
The police officer confirmed the video release by Nazrul.
The accused also admitted to the misdeed to bdnews24.com. "I'd an intimate relation with her and I took the video footage upon her consent in 2009," he said.
He claimed that one of his friends Shahidul Islam spread the video on the campus without any permission from him.
OC Hossain said a case would be filed with the police station on charges of instigation to commit suicide. The guardians of the victim would decide who will be the accused.
The police also detained the victim's husband.
"We have arrested her husband as her parents can accuse him too," the police officer added.
The victim's husband told bdnews24.com that Nazrul and his wife were good friends. "Somehow he recorded an unclothed video of her in his mobile and spread it through mobile phones."
He said, "We had a plan to take legal steps against Nazrul after her third-year final exams but she committed suicide out of humiliation as neighbours started whispering about it."
Recently the number of the incidents of violence against women has increased.
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