Suspended police officer Moazzem Hossain, who made headlines following the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, will be produced before a court in Dhaka on Sunday (Jun 30) on charges pressed under the Digital Security Act.
The Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal has scheduled the hearing of indictment in the case on Sunday, Public Prosecutor Nazrul Islam Shamim told Bangla Tribune.
Moazzem, who was in charge of Feni’s Sonagazi Police Station when Nusrat pressed charges of sexual harassment against her madrasa principal Siraj-ud-Doula in March, recorded her statement on his mobile phone.
The video was later released on social media amidst widespread protest over a deadly arson attack on Nusrat allegedly by followers of Siraj, who had already landed in jail on the sexual abuse charges, in April.
A case was subsequently started against Moazzem in Dhaka under the Digital Security Act.
The court issued the arrest warrant for Moazzem on May 27 after the Police Bureau of Investigation or PBI submitted the report on an investigation that found evidence of the allegations brought against Moazzem.
He was arrested from Dhaka on Jun 16 — 20 days after the court ordered his arrest.