Rab member's bail rejected for third time

Judge Mohammad Shamsul Arefin of the Fifth Special Tribunal for Prevention on Women and Children Repression rejected the bail petition of Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) Mohammad Ujjal for the third time.

In his order, the judge said the case is now at the primary stage of investigation. There should not be reasonable to grant bail to him at this stage. So the bail is rejected.

ASI Ujjal was sent to jail when he surrendered to the court for bail on September 29. The court also asked the Mirpur Police to investigate the case.

The victim filed the case with the Special Tribunal on September 1. ASI Ujjal appeared before the High Court (HC) earlier on September 11 seeking anticipatory bail. The HC, denying his bail, ordered him to appear before the tribunal concerned within three weeks.

In the complaint, the victim said she used to live at Ujjal's house at the Ansar Staff Quarters as a tenant. The Rab member proposed to have illicit relations with her, but she refused. Later, Ujjal raped her on the May 31 evening.

The Mirpur Police refused to accept the incident as a case when she went to the police station to file it the following day. Later, she filed a complaint with the home ministry.

The victim left her rented house as Ujjal threatened to kill her and took shelter to her aunt's residence.

The victim in her complaint said several criminals hired by the accused abducted her from her aunt's house on August 27 but Rab rescued her later.