Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- A woman who filed a case over the desecration of the grave of Nurul Haque, a fringe religious figure known locally as Nural Pagla, in Rajbari has petitioned to withdraw the complaint.

Shirin Begum, who brought the case following the exhumation and burning of Nurul's body by a mob, submitted the withdrawal request to the Goalanda Administrative Court on Monday, according to her lawyer Md Shariful Islam.

Shariful said the court accepted the petition and scheduled a hearing for Dec 22.

Shirin had filed the case on Nov 13, naming 96 people and accusing more than 500 unidentified suspects of involvement in the attack on Nural's shrine.

"Later, the plaintiff and the defendants reached a settlement through discussions. She ...