Anwar Hossain, CID inspector and investigation officer (IO) of the case, filed the charge sheet with the court. Earlier on Monday, the investigation officer submitted the charge sheet to Assistant Commissioner (Prosecution) Mohammad Abu Taher for approval.

The IO however did not include the name of Maruf Nizam, brother of BNP lawmaker Sarwar Jamal Nizam, in the charge sheet.

Family members of Jamal Uddin have repeatedly been accusing Maruf Nizam as the mastermind of the whole episode ranging from Jamal's sensational abduction back in July 2003 to his killing later on.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Sheikh Mohammad Mobarak Hossain fixed July 17 for hearing on the acceptability of the charge sheet.

Kanchannagar Union Parishad (UP) Chairman Kashem, Anwara Sadar Union Chairman Shahidul Alam alias Shahid, Kala Mahbub, Lomba Mahbub, Ishaq alias One Piece, Sobhan, driver of the microbus used in the abduction, and Boli Mansur are among the chargesheeted accused.

Of them, Kashem chairman is still at large while 15 others are now in jail.

Jamal Uddin, also a BNP leader, was kidnapped on July 24,2003 while he was returning to his residence at Chandgaon from a business firm at Chawak Bazar in the port city. He was later murdered.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) dug out his skeleton from a remote village in Fatikchhari on August 24 last year and a DNA test later confirmed that the skeleton was indeed of Jamal Uddin.