Staff Reporter :
A total 103 of 110 youngsters and teenagers were released on Saturday just a day after their detention in the city’s Hatirjheel for allegedly harassing people by making obscene remarks and gestures.
They were handed over to their families after making them alert over the incidents. No previous allegation was found against the 103 youths.
But seven of them are still being questioned as there are previous allegations against them, Hatirjheel Police Station Officier-in-Charge (OC) Abdur Rashid said.
Police detained the youths in drives in the Hatirjheel, Madhubagh, and Mahanagar Project areas on Friday afternoon.
“Most of them are members of different teen gangs. They gather at different places and harass the passers-by with obscene language and gesture,” OC Rashid said.
“Seven of them were accused of stealing, mugging and creating chaos in that area. Four were also implicated in separate cases,” the OC said, adding that the authorities were preparing legal action against the miscreants.
On Friday, Police picked up over 110 teenagers from the capital’s Hatirjheel area in a drive against the growing “teen-gang culture”.
“Receiving several complaints from the guardians about eve-teasing, Hatirjheel police picked them up from different spots,” said Hafiz Al Faruq, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Tejgaon Industrial Zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, adding that the action was taken as part of their regular drive against the teen-gang culture. Police were verifying their offences, he said.
“If we find anyone innocent, we will hand him or her over to guardians after receiving an undertaking,” the police official added.
