Du Student Rape Charge framed against accused
Rapid Action Battalion arrested Md Majnu from Shewra area in Dhaka on January 8 this year. File Photo
A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday framed charges against Md Majnu in a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital’s Kurmitola area.
A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday framed charges against Md Majnu in a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital's Kurmitola area.
Majnu, now in jail, pleaded not guilty after Judge Quamrunnahar of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 of Dhaka read out charges to him through videoconferencing.
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On March 16, Detective Branch Inspector Abu Bakar Siddique, also the case's investigation officer, submitted the charge sheet against Majnu, the lone accused in the case, to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka.
On January 5, the student was raped while walking from Kurmitola in the capital.