Chattogram Bureau,
bdnews24.com
Published: 07 May 2021 02:11 PM BdST
Updated: 07 May 2021 02:11 PM BdST
Zakaria Noman Foyezi, the former publicity secretary of Hifazat’s recently dissolved committee, has been accused in a rape case filed by a woman in Chattogram. );
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The case was filed on Thursday night with Hathazari Police Station, said Abdullah Al Masum, Chattogram’s assistant superintendent of police (special branch).
Noman stands accused of having a sexual relationship with the woman since 2019 after luring her with promises of marriage.
“The woman filed the case against him after he did not marry her,” the police offer said.
According to Bangladesh’s Prevention of Violence Against Women and Children Act, rape is defined as a case where a man engages in a sexual relationship with a woman under the age of 16 with or without her consent, or as a case where a man engages in nonconsensual sex with a woman over the age of 16 he is not married to, or obta