Khadiza testifies before Sylhet court

Appearing before a Sylhet court for the first time, college student Khadiza Begum Nargis, who was brutally hacked by former BCL leader Badrul Alam last year, gave her deposition today.

Khadiza along with her family members went to Sylhet from Moulvibazar to appear before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, reports a correspondent.

“I told the judge that I want the highest punishment for Badrul,” Khadiza told journalists after coming out from the court.

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Talking to media, her lawyer AKM Shiblee said, “She gave her statement before the court and urged the judge for maximum punishment of the accused.”

On completion of charge framing hearing, Judge Saifuzzaman Hiru of Sylhet CMM court fixed March 1 for hearing arguments in the case filed over the attack on Khadiza.

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On October 3 last year, Khadiza Begum Nargis, a student of Sylhet Government Women's College, was brutally hacked by Badrul Alam, a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and senior assistant secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League unit at the institute.

A total of 32 witnesses out of 33 gave deposition before a Sylhet court, said Mahfuzur Rahman, additional public prosecutor of Sylhet court.

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Around 10:38am, the court started it proceeding with the presence of the victim Khadiza and the accused Badrul, said the PP.

Badrul Alam confessed before the court saying that he was not in a normal state during the incident, said his lawyer Sazzadur Rahman Choudhury.

On November 15, 2016, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of the district Umme Sharaban Tahura accepted the charge sheet that police pressed accusing Badrul on November 8.

On October 5, 2016, Badrul Alam confessed to hacking Khadiza in his statement he made under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).