The court had earlier heard that Ahmed and Nurhidayati started a relationship in May 2012 after a chance encounter. Ahmed confronted Nurhidayati after suspecting that she was cheating on him, and she admitted to dating another man. But a few months later, Ahmed and Nurhidayati reconciled and resumed dating each other. Some time in late 2018, Nurhidayati began talking to Bangladeshi general fitter Hanifa Mohammad Abu on the social media platform Facebook. On Dec 9, 2018, Nurhidayati told Ahmed that she had a new boyfriend and that he should return to Bangladesh for his arranged marriage.

Source: bd News24 December 14, 2020 08:48 UTC