Why should not Minni be granted bail?
The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain within a week why Aysha Siddika Minni should not be granted bail in a case filed over the killing of her husband Rifat Sharif.
It also fixed August 28 for hearing the rule and summoned the investigation officer of the case to appear before it on that day along with case documents.
Besides, the court asked the superintendent of Barguna police to explain why he held a press conference on July 18 and said Minni was involved in the murder even before the investigation was completed.
The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman asked the Barguna SP to submit his explanation before the HC by August 28. The court passed the order after hearing a bail petition filed by Minni.
During the hearing, Minni’s lawyer AM Aminuddin appealed for his client’s bail under any condition and said “she is a 19-year-old woman and she will not leave the country if she is granted bail”.
Deputy Attorney General Sarwar Hussain Bappi opposed the bail petition, saying that Minni and four other accused had given “confessional” statements to the magistrate and therefore, she could not be granted bail.
On August 8, another HC bench, led by Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman, refused to grant bail to Minni, upon which her lawyer withdrew the bail petition from the HC bench saying he would move the petition before another bench.
In the petition, Minni said she was innocent and not involved in the murder in any way. She added that she had been made accused with an ulterior motive and on the instructions of a vested quarter.
Earlier, two courts in Barguna rejected her bail prayers on July 22 and 30.
Police arrested Minni after a daylong interrogation on July 16. A court placed her on a five-day remand the following day. Three days later, a Barguna court recorded her statement.
Rifat Sharif, 25, an internet service provider, was hacked to death in broad daylight in front of her college in Barguna town on June 26.
In footage of the incident that went viral on social media, Minni was seen screaming and trying to save her husband from the attackers.
Rifat’s father filed the murder case with Barguna Sadar Police Station against 12 people on the day of the incident. The prime accused in the case, Nayan Bond, was killed in a “gunfight” with police on July 2.
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