Dhaka, Feb 4 (UNB) – A court here on Monday placed MM Sekandar Mia, chief reporter of private TV channel ETV, on two-day remand on charges of sexually harassing a female colleague.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sattyabrata Shikdar passed the order when Mobin Ahmed Bhuiya, sub-inspector of Hatirjheel Police Station and also the investigation officer of the case, produced him before the court with a five-day remand prayer.
On Sunday, Rab arrested Sekandar from his Banasree residence and handed him over to Hatirjheel Police Station.
According to case statement, Sekandar had been harassing his female colleague sexually for a long time and on January 27, he sexually assaulted the victim at a fast food shop in Banasree.
He also threatened to kill her and dump the body in Hatirjheel lake if she disclosed it.