Rubel Hossain cleared of sexual assault charges

A Bangladesh court threw out sexual assault charges filed by film actress Naznin Akhtar Happy against national cricket team player Rubel Hossain, and acquitted him. A police report which found no proof of the charges against Hossain was accepted by Dhaka’s Fifth Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal, which also scrapped a “non-acceptance” plea by Happy.

Both were present in court. Her lawyer, Tuhin Hawlader, said they would appeal against the order in the High Court. Happy said she and Hossain were in a relationship for nine months last year, but he refused to marry her. She filed a lawsuit against him in December, accusing him of luring her into an affair with false promises of marriage.