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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2010
- Nationality
- Bangladeshi
- Checked
Zahidul Islam
The FBI lists Zahidul Islam, a Bangladeshi national, on its Wanted list (notice published in 2010). The notice links Islam to charges that include sexual offences and violent assault.
He is described as 1.65 m tall, weighing about 73 kg, with brown eyes and black hair. Born on 1 October 1955 in Bangladesh, he would now be 71.
- Sexual offences
- Violent assault or bodily harm
Charges, as published
- Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse
Case details, as published by FBI
Zahidul Islam is wanted for the alleged sexual assault of a female patient at a major hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 3, 1996. Authorities believe that while practicing medicine at this hospital, Islam gave the victim patient some medication to make her groggy and then forcibly raped her. The victim was recovering from surgery when she was assaulted in her hospital room. After state charges were filed against Islam, a federal warrant was issued for his arrest in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in July of 1997.
About this notice
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