Police fail to arrest sex offender

Police failed to arrest Saiful Islam, a staff nurse of United Hospital in Dhaka who was accused of sexually harassing a female patient.

Rafiqul Islam, assistant commissioner of police (Gulshan zone), and Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station, told the High Court that police conducted several drives but they could not arrest Saiful.

Then, the HC court bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman asked the police officials to submit before it a report on the progress about arresting Saiful on January 6.

On December 3, the High Court asked police to arrest Saiful for sexually harassing the female patient and asked him to produce before the court on December 7.

It is mentionable that, a male stuff nurse on December 3 sexually harassed a patient who was admitted in United Hospital in Dhaka.