A man involved in harassing and assaulting women at Cox's Bazar sea beach has been arrested.
He was arrested from Kalur Dokan under Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila on Friday night after a video on harassing and assaulting a woman at Sugandha sea beach went viral on Facebook.
The arrested Md Farukul Islam, hailed from Satkania upazila in Chittagong district, was taken to the Detective Branch (DB) custody.
Jabed Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Cox's Bazar District Police, said that detectives arrested Farukul on Friday night.
However, the video footage in which the woman was seen physically manhandled went viral on Facebook drew huge flak.
In the video footage, Farukul along with others was seen forcing the woman to hold her ears and do squats and beat her up with a thick stick before the public at Sugandha sea beach point.
He was also found expressing joy over his act.
Another man was seen counting the squats in the video footage.
Accused Farukul was identified examining the video footage.
