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BSS-34
TESTIMONY-CASE-DSA-MOAZZEM
IO testifies in case against OC Moazzem
DHAKA, Nov 11, 2019 (BSS) – The investigation officer (IO) Police Bureau
of Investigation (PBI) senior ASP Rima Sultana today testified in a case
lodged against former OC of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain under
Digital Security Act (DSA).
After her testimony, defence counsel Faruk Ahammed started cross-
examining her and Mohammad As-Shams Jaglul Hossain of Bangladesh Cyber
Tribunal adjourned the hearing till November 12 as the defence failed to
conclude the quizzing today.
A total of 12 witnesses have so far, testified in the case.
Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman lodged the case
on April 15 under section 26, 29 and 31 of DSA against Moazzem for illegally
recording Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s statement on video and spreading it online.
Earlier on July 17, the tribunal framed charges in the case as Moazzem
pleaded not guilty.
The tribunal on June 17 sent Moazzem Hossain to jail after scrapping his
plea for bail in the case. Moazzem was arrested from capital’s Shabagh area
on June 16.
The tribunal on May 27 issued arrest warrant against the disgraced cop a
day after Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted its probe report
over the incident.
According to the allegations, the former Sonagazi OC summoned Nusrat as
she filed a case against Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa principal
Siraj Uddoula for sexual harassment.
The police official in his room started quizzing her about the incident
and was recording the whole incident in absence of any lawyer or female cop.
He was seen scolding her and asking Nusrat indecent questions. Moazzem later
posted the video on different social media sites.
Nusrat was set on fire on April 6 by Siraj Uddoula’s stooges and she
succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on April 10.
Nusrat had accused Sirajuddoula of harassing her sexually on March 27
while she was exposed to his extreme vengeance on April 6 as she went to the
madrasa to appear in Alim examination.
A group of masked youths, later found to be the cronies of the disgraced
principal, took Nusrat to the rooftop of the madrasa and set her on fire
after tying her with her scarf.
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