'AUST teacher Ferdous confesses sexual harassment'

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) teacher, Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous, has given his confessional statement in a case filed over sexual harassment of female students.

 

A court here in Dhaka on Saturday recorded the confessional statement of Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous.

 

Metropolitan magistrate Kazi Kamrul Islam recorded the confessional statement of the teacher under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedures (CrPC) in the case.

 

A Registrar General of CMM court, SI Partha Chatterjee, has confirmed the record to Samakal.

 

Earlier in the day, sub-inspector of Women Support and Investigation Division Afroz Irene Koli, also investigation officer (IO) of the case, produced him before the court on completion of his two-day remand, seeking the court order to send him to jail.

 

On May 4, a Dhaka court placed Ferdous on a two-day remand rejecting his bail petition in the case.