Dhaka: Police arrested a man from the city’s Chakbazar area in connection with the sexual harassment of several women during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on the Dhaka University campus last year.

Police arrested Mohammad Kamal from his residence at Khaji Dewan 1st lane on Wednesday evening, DMP Deputy Commissioner (media) Maruf Hossain Sardar told United News of Bangladesh on Thursday.  

During preliminary interrogations, Kamal confessed his involvement to the incident, he claimed.

A group of young men assaulted and sexually harassed some women at Suhrawardy Udyan gate near Dhaka University’s TSC during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations in 2015.  

A case was then filed with Shahbagh Police Station against an unspecified number of unnamed people.  

Later, detectives identified eight of the assaulters scrutinising video footage. Arrested kamal is one of them.  

The Police Headquarters had also announced a Tk one-lakh reward for information leading to the arrest of the offenders.