17 charged in Magura
Police yesterday pressed charges against 17 people in a case for shooting a pregnant woman, wounding her unborn child in the womb, and killing a man in Magura during a Jubo League factional clash in July.
Investigation officer Imaul Haq, also an officer-in-charge of detective branch of police in Magura, submitted the charge sheet before the Senior Judicial Magistrate Court around 3:00pm.
The accused are: Sen Suman, Ali Akbar, Suman Ali, Farid Ali, Sagar Hossain, Bappi Hossain, Mintu Mallik Tutul, Nazrul Sheikh, Sobhan Ali, Mithu Hossain, Solaiman Hossain, Ilyas Hossain, Sohel Hossain, Liton Hossain, Munna Hossain, Ainal Hossain and Tota Hossain.
Of them, Sen Sumon is the vice-president of Magura district Chhatra League, pro-Awami League student body. Most of the accused belong to the ruling party's affiliated organisations.
On July 23, eight-month pregnant Nazma Khatun was shot in the abdomen during a clash between two rival factions of Jubo League, the youth front of the ruling Awami League, at Doarpar in Magura town.
Apart from Nazma, the incident left one Momin Bhuiyan killed and another person injured.
The baby girl, Suraiya, suffered bullet wounds in her mother's womb. A bullet pierced through the baby's right shoulder and also injured her right eye.
The incident sparked a huge outrage in the country.
Miraculously, the baby survived after a two-hour caesarean operation on her mother at Magura General Hospital on that day. The 35-year-old mother survived too.
The baby's relatives brought the newborn to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on July 26. A 10-member medical board was formed to ensure proper treatment of the baby.
The two returned to their Magura home on August 20 after undergoing treatment at the DMCH for about a month.
A case was filed with Magura Sadar Police Station in connection with the July 23 clash, accusing 16 people, including Sen Suman.
“The incident is very sensitive and created sensation at home and abroad. We were also serious and conducted the investigation carefully,” said IO Imaul Haq.
In the charge sheet, names of three more people have been included, while an accused named Rana was excluded because of mistakes in his identity.
Besides, name of another accused in the case, Mehedi Hasan Ajibor, was excluded as he was killed in a “gunfight” between his accomplices and police in Magura after the shooting incident.
The three new names that were included in the charge sheet are of Munna Hossain, Ainal Hossain and Tota Hossain.
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