Dhaka: A Bangladesh court yesterday rejected a rape case against World Cup hero Rubel Hossain, after police said there was no evidence against the star cricketer, lawyers said.


Rubel Hossain. Pic/AFP 

Film actress Naznin Akter Happy made the rape allegation in December last year, having also said the 25-year-old Rubel had reneged on a promise of marriage that he made while they were having an "intimate affair". Happy had told media in March that she was withdrawing the claims, one day after Rubel starred in a dramatic victory
over England at the World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand. But she later pursued the case.