DU Student Rape Case: Charges accepted against lone accused

A  Dhaka tribunal yesterday took cognisance of the charges against Md  Majnu, the lone accused, in a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka  University student in the capital's Kurmitola area.

After  scrutinising the case dockets and other relevant documents, Judge Mosammat Quamrunnahar of the Women and Children Repression Prevention  Tribunal-7 in Dhaka passed the order.

The judge also set August 26 for the hearing on charge framing against the accused in the case and directed the jail authorities to produce Majnu before it on the scheduled date.

On  March 16, Detective Branch Inspector Abu Bakar Siddique, also the case's investigation officer, submitted the charge sheet  against Majnu to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka.

The IO also brought charges of assaulting and snatching mobile phone, wristwatch and money from the victim's possession.

On  January 5, the student was raped when she was walking from Kurmitola  bus stop to a friend's house near Shewra Railgate around 7:30pm after  getting off a university bus.

She  regained consciousness around 10pm, after which she managed to make  it to her friend's house. Her friend later took her to Dhaka Medical  College Hospital for treatment.

The next day, the girl's father filed the case with Cantonment Police Station, accusing unknown people.

On  January 8, Rab) arrested Majnu (30) from  Shewra area. On January 16, he gave a confessional statement to a  Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate.