Arrest warrant issued for ex-Sonagazi OC Moazzem in Nusrat video case

A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant for ex-Sonagazi Police Station OC Moazzem Hossain for filming and circulating a video statement of slain Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal issued the warrant on Monday after the Police Bureau of Investigation or PBI submitted a police report that found evidence of the allegations brought against Moazzem.

Moazzem recorded Nusrat’s statement with his mobile phone after she had brought charges of sexual harassment against Sonagazi Islamia Fazil (Degree) Madrashah principal SM Siraj-ud-Daula in March.
 
The video was released on social media amidst widespread protest over a deadly arson attack on Nusrat allegedly by followers of Siraj, who had already landed in jail on the sexual abuse charges, in April.
 
Moazzem, first transferred and then suspended along with three other police officials for negligence in handling the Nusrat case, had denied circulating the video on social media.
 
Someone had stolen the video from his mobile phone and released it on the Internet, he had said.