MP Amanur 'ill', skips hearing
A Tangail court yesterday set November 9 for hearing on charge framing against Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana and other accused in freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.
Judge Abul Mansur Miah of First Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court passed the order, said Monirul Islam Khan, additional public prosecutor of Tangail.
Yesterday was set for holding the hearing but it was deferred as the main accused Amanur, AL MP of Tangail-3 (Ghatail), could not appear before the court because of his illness and seven of the accused were on the run, he added.
The court also ordered to appoint lawyers for the seven fugitive accused for providing them with legal support, said court sources.
The bail prayers of Nasir Uddin Nuru and Masudur Rahman, two accused in the case, were rejected. The duo had surrendered before the court on September 24, added the sources.
Freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed, also the then former publicity secretary of Tangail district unit of AL, was shot dead near his College Para residence in Tangail town on January 18, 2013.
Three days after the killing, Faruk's wife Nahar Ahmed filed a case with Tangail Model Police Station against unidentified criminals.
Police initially investigated the case, which was later shifted to Tangail DB police.
Law enforcers arrested Anisur Rahman Raja and Mohammad Ali in August 2014. During interrogation on remand, they disclosed the names of MP Amanur and his three brothers.
On February 3 this year, the investigation officer of the case, Mahfeejur Rehman Ghulam of Tangail Detective Branch of police, pressed charges against 14 people, including MP Amanur and his three brothers.
On April 6, the Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court in Tangail issued arrest warrants for the 10 fugitives. Judge Aminul Islam passed the order after accepting the charge sheet.
On May 16, a senior judicial magistrate of the district ordered attachment of assets of MP Amanur, his three brothers and other fugitive accused.
Police on May 20 confiscated moveable assets of the 10 fugitive accused, including Amanur and his three brothers.
On June 16, the senior judicial magistrate's court ordered to publish notices in newspapers directing Amanur and other fugitives to appear at the court.
Amanur surrendered to the court on September 18 after remaining fugitive for 22 months.
Six accused of the case are now in jail, one on bail and seven others including the three brothers of Amanur -- Jahidur Rahman Kakon, Shahidur Rahman Khan Mukti and Saniyat Khan Bappa -- are on the run.
NURU SHOWN ARRESTED IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
Nasir Uddin Nuru, an accused in Faruk Ahmed murder case, was also shown arrested in a double murder case filed with Tangail Model Police Station on 2013.
Anjan Kanti Das, senior judicial magistrate in Tangail, passed the order yesterday after police on Sunday prayed to the court for showing him arrested in the case.
According to police, criminals called Jubo League workers Mamun and Shamim of Pichuria village in Tangail Sadar upazila by mobile phone on July 16, 2012. The two had remained missing since then.
Mamun's father Hatem Ali filed a case with Tangail Model Police Station on September 21, 2013, alleging that Mamun and Shamim were murdered.
Investigation officer (IO) of the double murder case, Ashok Kumar Singha, also officer-in-charge of Tangail detective branch (DB) of police, told The Daily Star that they during investigation found information and involvement of Nuru and a few others with the killing.
“So, we also prayed for 10 days remand for Nuru for quizzing him in the case,” he added.
Earlier, Nuru, a close aide of Amanur, surrendered to the First Additional District and Session Judge's Court in Tangail on September 24 in Faruk murder case, and the court sent him to jail rejecting his bail prayer.
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