AL removes female leader over assault on rickshaw-puller

The Awami League (AL) has removed Sweeti Akter, a ward-level leader in Dhaka's Rupnagar, after a video of her assaulting a rickshaw-puller went viral on the social media, bdnews24.com.

Sweeti, the women affairs secretary to ward-7 unit of the ruling party in the area, has been facing intense criticism after the video was uploaded on Tuesday.

It has also triggered a debate over gender issue as many are also asking why people do not speak out when a male passenger assaults a rickshaw-puller.

Rupnagar Awami League General Secretary Salauddin Robin told the news agency they had suspended Sweeti after the incident.