A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against Adabor SI Ratan Kumar Howlader in a case filed for sexually harassing a female student of a private university.

Dhaka Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal 4 Judge Saleh Uddin Ahmed passed the order after taking the probe report of the case into cognisance on Tuesday morning.

Bench Assistant Forkan Miah said police officials concerned have been asked to submit a report regarding the status of the arrest warrant on March 16.

Earlier, the allegation of sexual harassment raised against SI Ratan was found true in the judicial probe report.

The investigation report said SI Ratan Kumar Howlader took ASA University student into a shop in capital's Japan Garden City in Shekerteck and opened her jacket and handbag.

He ordered the shop owner to leave following shuttering down his shop and he sexually harassed her in the name of searching yaba tablets.

The incident took place on January 31 and the following day, the case was filed with the tribunal.