Two women were attacked by a mob allegedly over smoking in public place near NHA tower at Lalmatia in the capital on Saturday.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner for Tejgaon division Md Ibne Mizan told 抖阴精品 on Sunday that the police arrived after news of the scuffle reached them at about 6:30pm on Saturday.
The two female students were harassed over smoking in the area, he said, adding that the police went to the scene, rescued the students and took them to Mohammadpur police station.
鈥楲ater, the matter was resolved after talking to both parties and the two students were released in the custody of their families at about 11:00pm on Saturday,鈥� added the police official.
Meanwhile, home affairs adviser retired Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said that smoking in public was prohibited for both men and women.
鈥業t鈥檚 a crime for both men and women to smoke in public and everyone should adhere to it. I urge everyone not to smoke outside,鈥� he told reporters responding to a query about the attack.
The incident occurred when an elderly resident allegedly asked two university female students, sitting on chairs on a footpath at Lalmatia, to get up from there.
The women, who were customers at a nearby tea stall, then asked why they should move, and an altercation occurred.
The elderly man ordered the tea stall owner to remove all the chairs. Later, a 鈥榤ob鈥� of 40-50 people that gathered at the scene.
The elderly man claimed to the mob that the girls were smoking cannabis, although they denied this, saying they were only smoking cigarettes.
According to a Facebook post on Sunday, detailing the victims鈥� account, a post said that the two women surrounded by the mob, were slapped and punched by 10-12 men.
The elderly man allegedly shouted expletives at the women and at one point of the verbal altercation, one of the women threw tea at the man.
The man then grabbed her hair and began to strike her, eyewitnesses said.
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