Defamation case filed against Shakib Khan; PBI ordered to investigate
A Dhaka court has directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate a defamation case filed by producer Rahmat Ullah against actor Shakib Khan.
Rahmat Ullah filed the case as a plaintiff in Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rashidul Alam's court. The court accepted the statement of the plaintiff and directed the PBI to investigate, reports media.
Earlier on 15 March, Rahmat Ullah, a producer, filed a written complaint against the actor in the Bangladesh Film Artists Association accusing him of sexual misconduct and raping an Australian woman, a co-producer of the film "Operation Agneepath".
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On 19 March, Shakib Khan has went to the Detective Branch of Metropolitan Police office to address the allegations.
On 28 March, Shakib Khan filed a case against film producer Rahmat Ullah under the Digital Security Act. Judge AM Zulfiqar Hayat of the Cyber Tribunal in Dhaka ordered the PBI to submit a report on 6 June after taking Shakib's statement.
