Report Writing on Eve Teasing

Eve Teasing: Another Death

Staff Correspondence, The Daily Star, Comilla, November, 2022: Eve Teasing has become a social disaster for the girls and women of Bangladesh. It is increasing in an alarming rate across the country. After the tragic suicide of 15 years old Pinky in Khulna, A girl of 16 committed suicide in Comilla yesterday.

The name of the victim is Mala Yeasmin. She was a brilliant student of class nine of Comilla Government Girls High School. She lived with her parents’ only half a kilometer away from the local Thana. On her way to school, she was often teased by one of her neighbours named Kamal Uddin(29). He used to tease Mala along with his friends.

Yesterday Mala went out of her house to buy some medicine from a nearby pharmacy. Kamal, along with several friends, blocked her way and made suggestive remarks. Mala became angry and protested. At this, Kamal became more aggressive and bombarded her with crude language, pulling off her scarf and slapping her face. Some neighbours saw the incidents from a distance but nobody came forward to protest Kamal as he is known as a rising terrorist in the area.

Like other girls, Mala could not tolerate the insult. She found her escape in death. She hanged herself with a sari tied to a ceiling fan in her bed room. At 6pm, Mala Yeasmin reached in a peaceful country where there is no Kamal. She was the only daughter of her parents. Mala’s mother was losing her sense again and again until the report was filed.

Mizanur Rahman, an Inspector from the Sadar Thana, investigated the spot and consoled Mala’s Father that they will arrest the criminals in no time. It has been very difficult for common people to keep faith on the words of the police. Including this, 3 girls has committed suicide for eve teasing in the last 6 months in Comilla.