Happy against police report

Film actress Naznin Akhtar Happy yesterday filed a no-confidence petition against the probe report submitted by police in a case filed by her bringing allegations of sexual abuse against national cricketer Rubel Hossain.

Happy filed the petition after Rubel secured fresh bail on Sunday from the Fifth Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression. The case was earlier shifted to the tribunal for its disposal.

Judge Tanjina Ismail of the tribunal fixed the date of hearing of the petition on May 20.

In yesterday's no-confidence petition, Happy told the court that the police did not interrogate the eight witnesses including her brother, mother and sister before preparing the probe report. So, she rejected the probe report and sought the tribunal's order for further investigation into the matter.

On April 6, police inspector Halima Khatun had submitted the final report on the case appealing to the court to relieve Rubel from the charge.

Rubel was sent to jail after his surrender before a Dhaka court. But later he secured bail from the higher court on January 11 on grounds of the 2015 World Cup.