Khalaf murder trial begins
Trial of Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali murder case began at a Dhaka court yesterday with deposition of the complainant.
Gulshan Police Station's Sub-Inspector Mosharraf Hossain, also the case's complainant, gave his statement and was later cross-examined on behalf of the accused.
After the cross-examination, Judge Mohammad Motahar Hossain of Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 fixed November 4 for next hearing of the case.
The judge also rebuked SI Mosharraf Hossain for not following the existing law's provisions when preparing an inquest report on slain Khalaf Al Ali.
On March 6, the SI made an inquest report but in it he did not mention the primary reasons behind Khalaf's death.
The same court, earlier on Wednesday, framed charges against five accused in the case.
The accused are Mohammad Al Amin, Saiful Islam Mamun, Rafiqul Islam Khokon, Akbar Ali Lalu and Selim Chowdhury. Of them, Selim is on the run while the others are in police custody.
Khalaf, an official at the consular section of the Saudi embassy in Dhaka, was shot dead near his Gulshan house in the capital's diplomatic enclave on March 6 this year.
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