Trial begins with father's deposition
The trial of the blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case against eight leaders and activists of recently banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team started yesterday, after around two and a half years of the killing.
A Dhaka court started the trial with the deposition of Rajib's father who appealed to the court to give an exemplary punishment for the killers.
Rajib's father Dr Nazim Uddin told the court that the culprits killed his son bringing a false allegation in February 2013.
Rajib, an activist of the Shahbagh movement demanding death penalty for war criminals, was hacked to death in the city's Pallabi area on February 15, 2013.
Judge Syed Ahmed of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka recorded statement of Nazim, also complainant of the case.
Later he was cross-examined by defence lawyers of all the eight accused, including Ansarullah Bangla Team chief Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani.
The tribunal then fixed June 2 for next hearing of the case.
In his deposition, Nazim told the court that he came to know about his son's murder over telephone and came to Dhaka from Kapasia of Gazipur district around 11:30pm.
The other accused are former students of North South University.
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