Eve-teasing
in Bangladesh
Hasan
Mahmud, Dhaka, 05 April: The nuisance of the eve-teasers in Bangladesh is
increasing alarmingly day by day. The tragic suicide of 13 years old girl Nafiza
Akhter Pinky shows us just how pathetic eve-teasing can be. Pinky was a brilliant
student of class nine of Comilla Govt. Girls' High School. Their house was
situated at Shaymoli only half a kilometer away from her school.
On her way to
school, she was stalked by her 22 years old male neighbour and some of his friends
who, according to her family, persisted with ribald comments, smutty jokes,
coarse laughter, sly whistle, and indecent exposure. The youths had been
teasing Pinky for several months. On 03 April, she went out of her house to buy
some medicine for a niggling hand injury.
The neighbour
and his friends blocked her way and made suggestive remarks. She became angry and
protested angrily. After that the youths became more aggressive and started to
use her crude language, pulling off her scarf, and slapping her face. Pinky
fell down on the street under a barrage of blows. Some neighbour apparently saw
the incident, but did not dare to stop it or protest against it.
Pinky could
not tolerate the insult. Returning home, she hanged herself with a saree tied
to a ceiling fan in her bedroom. She found suicide as the only way that could
enable her to escape this social pandemic. The Superintendent of Police says
that Pinky's case is a matter of great concern and he has already ordered police
to arrest the criminals without any delay.
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