Shawdesh Desk: A Feni court yesterday accepted the charge-sheet against sacked Sonagazi madrasa principal SM Siraj-ud-Daula in the sexual assault case of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and shifted the case to the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal for quick disposal.

Judge Zakir Hossain passed the order as the case was filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mamunur Rashid has fixed July 9 for hearing of the case. “The judge has issued an order to shift the case to the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal to avoid the potential legal complications,” said M Shahjahan Saju, the lawyer for the plaintiff.

Earlier on Wednesday, Police Bureau of Investigation Inspector Md Shah Alam submitted the charge-sheet against Siraj-ud-Daula to the Feni court. Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s mother filed the case against Siraj-ud-Daula over the alleged sexual assault on March 27.

Nusrat was set on fire on the rooftop of the madrasa at Sonagazi on Apr 6 allegedly by Siraj’s followers after she refused to drop the sexual abuse charges against him. She died five days later and the trial of the murder case is pending with another court.

Inspector Shah Alam said audio and video clips related to the murder of Nusrat were included in the charge-sheet of the sexual abuse case.