Police seek Rubel's acquittal

Police told a Dhaka court on Monday that they had found no proof of the charges brought by an actress against Rubel Hossain. In the final report, it also sought the Bangladesh fast bowler's acquittal.

The investigating officer, inspector Halima Khatun, submitted her findings to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Court. The court is scheduled to hold a hearing on the report on April 13.

The actress, Naznin Akhtar Happy, had filed a case against Rubel on December 13 last year with Mirpur police station on charges of making false promises of marriage. Two days later, Rubel was granted bail for four weeks. But on January 8, he was sent to jail under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Muhammad Anwar Sadat passed the order after Rubel surrendered before the court and pleaded for bail.

He was granted a second bail on January 11 after which he was also allowed to travel abroad as he had been selected in Bangladesh's World Cup squad.

A couple of days after Bangladesh's win over England, Happy said that she did not want to continue the case against Rubel.