BartaBangla Report  :: National team cricketer Rubel Hossain was sent to jail today after his surrender before court in connection with a rape case filed by film actress Naznin Akter Happy.

Rubel, who received a four-week anticipatory bail on December 15, appeared before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Anwar Sadat this morning and submitted a petition for bail.

After hearing, the court rejected his petition and ordered authorities to send Rubel to jail.

The pacer, who is in the 15-member national squad which is going to represent Bangladesh in the upcoming cricket World Cup, was at the centre of controversy since Happy came up with the allegation of rape against him recently.

Happy filed the case under the Prevention of Women and Child Repression Act on December 13 accusing Rubel of luring her into an extramarital affair with false promises of marriage.