Five acquitted accused asked to surrender
The High Court yesterday ordered five accused, who got acquitted of Bashundhara Group official Humayun Kabir Sabbir killing case, to surrender before the lower court in six weeks.
During a hearing of a government petition, the HC however asked the lower court to grant them bail if they surrender.
It also issued a rule asking the accused to explain in four weeks as to why the lower court judgement should not be scrapped.
The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain came up with the rule following a petition filed by the government seeking cancellation of the judgment.
The bench also asked the authorities concerned to produce the records in four weeks, HC sources said.
Sabbir, a director of Bashundhara Telecommunications Network Ltd, was killed in capital's Gulshan area in July, 2006.
A Dhaka court on December 15, 2011 acquitted all five accused including Shafiat Sobhan Sanvir, son of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Sobhan Shah Alam.
Four other accused are Nure Alam and Humayun Kabir, security guards of Sabbir's house, and Khairul Hassan Ujjal and Shamsuddin Ahmed, bodyguards of Sanvir.
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