Sunamganj, Nov 5 (UNB) - A court here on Monday rejected the bail petition of Bishwambarpur upazila chairman Harun-ur-Rashid and sent him to jail in a rape case.
Md Zakir Hossain of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal passed the order when Harun surrendered to the court asking for bail, said assistant public prosecutor Dr Khairul Kabir.
According to the case statement, Harun called the victim to his upazila parishad office to give her a sewing machine on September 26 and raped her there.
Later, the victim woman filed a case against the chairman with Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal that same afternoon.