Jabi student accused of sexual harassment against classmate

Jabi student accused of sexual harassment against classmate

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A female student of Jahangirnagar University (JABI) has filed a complaint of sexual harassment against a student of the Department of Economics.

The name of the accused is Fahim. Mubashshir He is a student of the 47th batch (2017-2018 academic year) of the university.

Yesterday, Sunday (May 21), the victim student submitted this complaint to the head of the university’s anti-sexual harassment cell, Prof. Zebounnessa.

According to the complaint, the victim shared a story on Instagram and Facebook around the afternoon of April 17.

The story contained a link, which could be clicked to send an anonymous message later. Hasan, a student of the 47th batch of economics department. Mubasvir Fahim sent a message in reply to the story on Instagram.

The message is not only sexually suggestive; The victim also claimed that it was ugly and insulting.

The charge sheet also reveals that Faheem’s message was not sent anonymously by going to the link, but was sent as a reply to the Instagram story. So the message with Faheem’s identity came to the victim’s account. Later, when other classmates asked Fahim about it, the accused first admitted that he had given the message and said that he had given the message as a joke and that he had given such messages to many others.

The victim student said, “It is threatening for me to face such abusive comments from a student of the university, who is studying in the same batch with me in the same department. Since the accused said that he sends such messages to many people, besides me, other female students of the department also feel insecure about taking classes or taking exams with him. In this regard, I wish the university administration to take action so that the no tolerance paradigm is established for the safety of women students of the university.

The accused Fahim tried to contact the accused several times on mobile phone, but no statement was received.

Professor Dr. admitted to receiving the charge sheet. Zebounnessa said, received the complaint. The Vice-Chancellor has already given approval for the investigation. Investigation work will start soon.


Source: ODHIKAR by www.odhikar.news.

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