Rape accused ties knot with victim in courtroom

An accused in a rape case, tied knot with the victim at the court premises on Tuesday after a Dhaka court ruled that he must marry the woman to secure bail.

Earlier on March 6, the woman filed the case against Hasanuzzaman, an engineer who had previously worked on the Bangabandhu Satellite project. 

According to the case statement, Hasan took advantage of the victim, both physically and financially, since 2020.

He had promised her of marriage and upon that assurance, they started living together at an apartment in Dhaka’s Adabor under false pretences.

The plaintiff claimed that they had lived together from Jan 26 to Feb 21 this year and Hasan took at least Tk 700,000 in loan from her during the period.