Staff Correspondent:

An arrest warrant has issued against former Joint Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Mamunul Haque.

Judge Nazmul Haque Shyamal of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Naryanaganj issued the order on Tuesday.

Mamunul Haque’s lawyer AKM Omar Farruq confirmed this.

On April 30, 2021, a case was filed against Mamunul at the Sonargaon police station in Narayanganj, on charges of rape by his alleged second wife, Jannat Ara Jhorna.

Two cases were filed against Mamunul Haque with Paltan police station in the capital and Sonargaon police station in Narayanganj in connection with violence and the resort incident.

There are 37 cases against Mamunul in different police stations. He obtained bail from the High Court in several of the cases. He was granted bail by the High Court in the latest case on May 2.