NCP suspends Bandarban leader after arrest on rape charges
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National Citizen Party’s (NCP) Bandarban leader Shoi Kya Ching Marma has been temporarily suspended after being arrested on allegations of raping a Marma woman.
NCP’s central office confirmed the matter in a letter signed by Sadia Farzana Diba. Shoi Kya Ching Marma was the district committee’s joint convener.
The decision was announced under the directions of NCP Central President Nahid Islam and General Secretary Akhter Hossen.
Shoi Kya Ching Marma has been given two working days from a show-cause notice to explain why he should not be permanently expelled from the NCP on charges of severe breach of organizational discipline and involvement in immoral activities.
Bandarban Sadar Police arrested Shoi Kya Ching Marma on Friday night on allegations of raping a Marma woman after bringing her to his resort under the lure of marriage. The victim filed a case against him under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
Bandarban Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Masud Parvez said when police presented him before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Saturday afternoon, the court ordered him to be sent to jail.
