The last hearing on the case took place about four years ago.

Rokeya, a staff of CARE Bangladesh, was manhandled and injured at Sonatala in Bogra on February 10 in 2002 after she reportedly parked a motorcycle by the road. The incident prompted CARE to suspend all its operations in Sonatala upazila on the grounds of insecurity.

After the incident, Rokeya lodged a general diary with the local police station against Ahsanul Huq Taiyab Zakir, municipal administrator of Sonatala upazila, Bogra. As the police refused to categorise the case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000, the case was transferred to the detective branch of police where the report was produced in favour of Zakir. It prompted Rokeya to lodge a 'no-objection petition' with the local court.

As the case remained idle in Bogra court, Rokeya further lodged a petition with the High Court. The HC ordered the authorities to transfer the case to Tangail court. The court issued an arrest warrant against Zakir.

Zakir was nominated municipal administrator after BNP-led alliance government took over power in 2001.