Arrested Nazrul Islam Nayon, 22, a honours third year student of Govt Brojo Mohon College, was sent to jail after the court rejected his bail prayer on Wednesday in a case for prompting his female classmate to commit suicide after she was videoed naked by force before making it public.
Police appealed for five days' remand and the court fixed the date for hearing of remand prayer next week.
Zahangir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Barisal Kotwali police station, said Kamanashish Mandal, 26, a master's final year student of physics department at the same college and husband of the victim, lodged a case in this connection on Tuesday night accusing Nayon.
The dead body of the victim was handed over to her parents after conducting autopsy at Barisal SBMCH morgue and taken to her native village in Satkhira.
Sub Inspector Abdur Rahman, investigation officer of the case, said police produced the arrested accused before Barisal senior judicial magistrate's court on Wednesday afternoon with a prayer for five-day remand for further interrogation.
A bail prayer also submitted on behalf of the accused and his advocates opposed remand prayer.
Arrested Nayon reportedly confessed to having videoed the girl while he was in custody of Kotwali police.
The magistrate of the court Abul Bashar Mia after a hearing rejected the bail prayer and ordered the accused to be sent to jail and fixed date for hearing the remand prayer next week.
Different rights activist meanwhile called for enacting laws for restriction on random use of camera-fitted mobile phone sets to prevent such crime.
Dr. Mizanur Rahman, secretary of Barisal Nagorik Samaj, said the culprit must be given exemplary punishment so that none can do the same.
Source : New Age
