Cricketer Rubel lands in jail on rape charge

DHAKA, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh national cricketer Rubel Hossain was sent to jail Thursday after he  surrendered before a Dhaka court in connection with a rape case filed by a local movie actress .
Film actress Naznin Akter Happy last month lodged the case under the Prevention of Women and Child Repression Act on accusing Hossain of luring her into an extramarital affair with false promises of marriage.
Hossain,who is included in Bangladesh’s squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, has already denied the allegations brought against him.
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