BSS-13 Court accepts charge sheet filed in Abhijit murder trial

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CHARGE SHEET-MURDER-ABHIJIT

Court accepts charge sheet filed in Abhijit murder trial

DHAKA, April 11, 2019 (BSS) – An anti-terror tribunal today accepted charge sheet filed in the case lodged over murder of blogger and writer Abhijit Roy and dropped names of 15 from the list of accused.

Judge Md Mujibur Rahman of Dhaka Anti-terrorism Special Tribunal passed the order, also issued arrest warrant against two fugitive accused sacked army Major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque alias Zia and Akram Hossain alias Abir.

Persons, whose names were dropped from the list of accused, are- Sadek Ali alias Mithu, Mohammad Touhidur Rahman, Aminul Mallik, Zafran Hasan, Julhash Biswas, Abdur Sabur alias Raju Sad, Mainul Hasan Shamim, Manna Yahia alias Mannan Rahi, Abul Bashar, Mukul, Rana, Selim Hasan, Ali alias Khalil, Anik and Antu.

Investigation officer (IO) of the case and inspector of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Monirul Islam on March 13 filed the charge sheet before court.

The IO in the charge sheet made Zia, Mozammel Hossain alias Saimon, Abu Siddique Sohel, Akram Hossain alias Abir, Md Mukul Rana, Md Arafat Rahman, Shafiur Rahman Farabi accused.

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