Barguna Murder Case: Minor among two accused refused bail
The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to two accused, including a minor, in the Rifat Sharif murder case in Barguna.
Rafiul Islam Rabbi and the 14-year-old accused are now in jail in connection with the case.
Yesterday, the HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice SM Mozibur Rahman also dropped their bail petitions from its hearing list.
The bench passed the order as Deputy Attorney General Dr Md Bashir Ullah vehemently opposed their bail petitions saying that the accused have given confessional statements to the magistrate and therefore, they cannot be granted bail in such a sensational murder case.
Advocate Jahangir Kabir and Advocate Md Sagir Hossain appeared for the accused. The duo submitted two separate bail petitions to the HC through their lawyers last week.
On August 29, the HC granted bail to Rifat’s wife Ayesha Siddika Minni in the case on conditions that she cannot talk to the media and will remain in her father’s custody.
If Minni breaches the conditions, her bail will be cancelled, the court said while delivering the verdict on her bail petition.
On June 26, Rifat Sharif, 25, an internet service provider, was hacked to death in broad daylight in front of Minni’s college in Barguna town. In the CCTV footage of the incident, 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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