Eve-teasing in
Bangladesh
Mabrur Atiqi, Dhaka, 04 November: 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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