Hearing on charge framing on May 18

A Dhaka court yesterday fixed May 18 for hearing on charge framing against former Jatiya Party (JP) lawmaker Ghulam Faruq Ovi in connection with a case filed against him for killing model Syeda Tania Mahbub Tinni in November, 2002.
Judge Mizanur Rahman Khan of the Seventh Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court passed the order after Additional Public Prosecutor Ruhul Amin appealed to the court for setting the date for charge hearing.
On November 25 in 2008, another Dhaka court asked Ovi to appear before it to face trial, but he did not comply. Later, the court issued arrest warrant against Ovi as he went into hiding.
Tinni's body was found floating in the Buriganga on November 11 in 2002, and a case was filed with Keraniganj Police Station. Five people, including Tinni's husband Shafakat Hossain Pial, were arrested in this connection.