A Dhaka tribunal today issued an arrest warrant against Sohel Uddin Prince, a suspended assistant superintendent of police (ASP), in a case filed against him on charge of raping a woman in February 2021.
After accepting the charges, Judge Md Al Mamun of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-Dhaka issued the order.
The tribunal directed the officer-in-charge of Ramna Police Station to submit by August 17 the progress report on execution of the arrest warrant issued against the accused.
According to the case statement, the victim, who was in a relationship with the ASP, went to the Ramna Police Officers' Mess around 7:00pm on February 4, 2021 and was raped there by the accused at gun point.
Following the incident, the victim filed a case against Sohel with the tribunal on November 23 last year.
After a hearing, the tribunal ordered the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court to conduct a judicial inquiry into the matter and to submit a report.
A metropolitan magistrate conducted a judicial inquiry and found the incident true. The magistrate then sent the inquiry report to the tribunal for the next course of action.
Earlier, the accused was sued by his wife on charge of torturing her for Tk 10 lakh dowry, following which he was suspended.
