Assault on tourists at Jaflong, 5 arrested
Published:
2022-05-06 11:04:01 BdST
Update:
2024-05-19 06:48:59 BdST
Sylhet’Live: Police on Thursday arrested five people over assault on tourists at Sylhet’s Jaflong by a few volunteers at the ticket counter. Video footage of this incident has already gone viral on social media.
The arrested are Laxman Chandra Das, 21, Md. Selim Ahmed, 21, Shohel Rana, Nazim Uddin and Joynal Abedin.
Witnesses said a few volunteers of the ticket counter-attacked tourists in the afternoon. Some women were also molested and injured at that time. Several videos of this incident have spread on Facebook. In one such video, three men in blue uniforms are seen beating a group of tourists with sticks in their hands.
At that time, some female tourists in the group wanted to stop them and were humiliated. However, police said that the incident started from breaking the serial at the ticket counter of the tourist center.
Superintendent of Sylhet Police Farid Uddin Ahmed said the victim have lodged a case against the attackers. The arrested will be produced before the court on Friday, he added.
Meanwhile, the local administration dismissed the three volunteers who were involved in the incident.
Dhaka, 05 May, (campuslive24.com)//BIT
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