Nusrat murder case shifted to tribunal
The case filed in connection with the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi was transferred to Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal yesterday morning.
Feni Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Jakir Hossain passed the order and set June 10 for further hearing of the case, reports our local correspondent.
The next hearing will be held on the charge sheet at the tribunal, said Md Golam Jalani, inspector of the court.
All 21 arrestees, including principal of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa and 15 others who were charged with the murder, were produced before the court, sources said.
Plaintiff Abdullah Al Noman, Nusrat’s brother, was also present at the court room.
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Wednesday pressed charges dropping names of five people, out of the total 21 accused in the case. They submitted an 808-page charge sheet before the court of Magistrate Jakir Hossain.
Of the 16 accused, 12 have already given confessional statements before the Feni court.
PROSECUTION TO ‘VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE’ BAIL OF SONAGAZI OC: AG
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday said his office will vehemently oppose the bail petition of former officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain in the case filed over recording a statement of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
“A police officer reportedly recorded a statement of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, which is a heinous offence. Lawyers of my office are prepared to seriously oppose his bail petition,” the attorney general said while talking to journalists at his office on Supreme Court premises, reports our staff correspondent.
Moazzem filed a petition with the High Court on May 29 seeking anticipatory bail in a case filed on charges of recording a statement of Nusrat and circulating the video clip on social media.
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