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Vol. 5 Num 278 Wed. March 09, 2005  
   
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Robbery Case
3 cops appear in court for naming dead man, babies


Three police officials and the plaintiff of a robbery case filed in Chittagong against a dead man and 10 others including four babies yesterday appeared before the High Court (HC) following a suo moto rule issued on March 1.

A Division Bench of the HC comprising Justice AK Badrul Huq and Justice M Fazlur Rahman asked them to explain how the dead man and babies were implicated in the case.

The court ordered the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Chittagong to submit the case records in two weeks.

The four who appeared before the HC are Officer-in-Charge of Chittagong Kotwali Police Station Nazrul Islam, Sub-inspector (SI) Zahidul Islam, investigation officer of the case SI Tofazzal Hossain and plaintiff Samiruddin.

On their prayers, the HC gave them three weeks to give their explanation.

Hearing of the case will be held on April 2.

Samir filed the case on February 6 against 11 members (one of them dead) of the family of his neighbour Chittaranjan Nath. They included four babies-- seven-month-old Bijoy Nath, 11-month-old Hridoy Nath, 18-month-old Dhananjay Nath alias Durjoy Nath and two-year-old Sagar Nath.