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Mamunul's 'second wife' Jharna files rape case against him Rape Case
Collected Jharna speaking to journalists

Mamunul's 'second wife' Jharna files rape case against him

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 30 Apr 2021, 08:58 pm

Dhaka, April 30: A case has been filed against Maulana Mamunul Haque, a prominent leader of Hefazat-e-Islam, at Narayanganj's Sonargaon police station on charges of rape. The plaintiff is Jannat Ara Jharna, Mamunul's alleged second wife.

Narayanganj Superintendent of Police Zaidul Alam said a woman named Jannat Ara Jharna came to the police station on Friday morning and lodged a rape complaint against Mamunul Haque. The case was registered on the basis of the complaint. The police are investigating the matter.

In the statement, Jharna said, "Mamunul Haque took advantage of my simplicity to seduce me into marriage and establish a physical relationship with me. For the last two years, I have been travelling around Dhaka and its environs at various hotels and resorts. He satisfied his sexual urges with reassurance. Whenever I asked about marriage, he kept on gicing me on various excuses saying 'I will do it'."

On April 3, locals arrested Mamunul Haque along with Jannat Ara Jharna at the Royal Resort under Sonargaon Police Station in Narayanganj. Later, when the police got the news, Mamunul claimed Jharna as his second wife.

Describing her acquaintance with Mamunul Haque, Jharna said in her statement, "I met Mamunul in 2005 as a close friend of my ex-husband Shahidul Islam. Before I met Mamunul Haque, our married life was going on very happily. From the very beginning of his acquaintance, I was fascinated by Haque's free movement, which led him to enter into our petty differences and gradually create distance between us husband and wife. Our marital life was poisoned by Mamunul Haque's bad advice. The marriage was dissolved on August 10, 2018 on the advice of Mamunul Haque."

Meanwhile, Jannat Ara Jharna told reporters at Narayanganj General Hospital (Victoria) on Friday, "Mamunul Haque has treated me unfairly and cheated me by taking advantage of my simplicity. I want justice from the state. That's why he should be judged. Mamunul Haque has made my life hell."