Desk Report:
Protesters have burned an effigy of Home Affairs Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury in protest against the incident of two young women being sexually assaulted for smoking in public in Lalmatia.
Effigy burned in protest of Home
Two young women were sexually assaulted at a tea shop in Lalmatia, Dhaka, on Saturday.
When reporters asked him about the incident the next day, he said, “As far as I know, they (the two young women) were smoking cigarettes, and some people were passing by to offer prayers. When they stopped them, they threw tea at them.”
Effigy burned in protest of Home
He said, “Smoking in public places is a crime for both men and women. So I would like to request everyone not to smoke in open places.”
In protest against the Home Affairs Advisor’s statement, a group of protesters held a demonstration at the Lalmatia place on Monday under the banner of “Bangladesh Against Rape and Oppression.”
There, they protested against the incident of the two young women being sexually assaulted.
Later, they marched around the Lalmatia area and gathered at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area. There, they burned an effigy of Home Affairs Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.
The protesters demanded the immediate removal of the Home Affairs Advisor.
