Himu murder accused sent to jail
A Chittagong court sent Shahadat Hossain Saju, an accused in the Himu murder case, to jail yesterday.
Metropolitan Magistrate Muntasir Mamun gave the order, rejecting the bail prayer when Saju was produced before the court after a seven-day remand, said court sources.
Prosecutor Nitai Prasad Ghosh said, “The defence sought his bail but we objected to the plea."
Earlier, a court in the port city placed Saju on remand on June 3, a day after his arrest.
Eighteen-year-old Himadri Majumdar Himu, a student of Summerfield School and College, died on May 23 in the capital's Square Hospital, 26 days after his friends pushed him off the roof of a four-storey building at Panchlaish Residential Area in Chittagong.
Prakash Das Asit, an uncle of Himu, filed a murder case with Panchlaish Police Station on May 24 against four of Himu's friends -- Junaid Ahmed Riad, Saju, Danny and Shaon -- and also Riad's father Shah Selim Tipu in this connection.
It was from the roof of Farhad Mansion, the building owned by Riad's father, Himu was pushed off.
All the accused went into hiding after the case was filed.
Police arrested Saju from a house at Shah Pori Island at Teknaf in Cox's Bazar on June 2.
Earlier on April 28, Himu's father Prabir Kanti Majumdar lodged a general diary in connection with the torture on his son the day before.
The rest of the accused are still on the run.
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