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A court in Thakurgaon has sent a woman to jail after both police and the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) found a rape case she filed in Baliadangi upazila to be false and fabricated.
Judge Md Abdul Hamid of the Thakurgaon Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal passed the order on Sunday, rejecting the bail petition of Labli Akter, 28.
According to court sources, Labli, a resident of Uttar Pariya (Nitaldoba) village in Baliadangi, filed a case under Section 9(1) of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act against Md Saddam Hossain, 32, of the same area, accusing him of rape.
In her complaint, she alleged that Saddam had raped her by force on March 14, 2025, when he found her alone in a cornfield owned by Nurul Islam.
Baliadangi police initially investigated the allegation and submitted a report to the court stating that the case was false and fabricated. The report said the case had allegedly been filed by a group holding a grudge against Saddam with the intention of humiliating him socially and causing him financial losses.
Labli subsequently filed a formal objection, known as a naraji petition, challenging the police report.
The tribunal then ordered the Thakurgaon PBI to conduct a further investigation. The PBI also concluded that the allegation was false, baseless and fabricated.
The tribunal later accepted the PBI report and acquitted Saddam of the charge.
Meanwhile, the court took cognisance of an offence against Labli under Section 17(1) of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act for allegedly filing a false case and issued an arrest warrant against her.
Labli surrendered before the court on Sunday and sought bail. After hearing both sides, the court rejected her bail petition and ordered that she be sent to jail.