RAB nab journo on sexual abuse charge

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Ekushey Television Chief Reporter MM Sekandar on charges of attempt to sexually harass a female colleague, reports bdnews24.com.

A RAB-2 team arrested Sekandar at his home in Dhaka's Banasree early on Monday following a complaint lodged by the alleged victim, Superintendent of Police Mohiuddin Faruqui, who is working in the RAB, told the news agency.

The woman started a case against Sekandar in the afternoon after the RAB handed him over to Hatirjheel Police Station.

The police station's OC Abu Mohammad Fazlul Karim said the woman accused the ETV chief reporter of trying to sexually harass her in a car in the Hatirjheel area on January 27.

The woman, a trainee journalist at the private TV station, alleged Sekandar had threatened her that her job would not be confirmed if she did not agree to have sex with him, according to the OC.

Police produced Sekandar in the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka and sought a five-day remand while the lawyers for the ETV chief reporter pleaded for his bail.

Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Shikder rejected the bail petition and granted police two days to grill Sekandar.