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CHARGE SHEET-DEATH-ABRAR
DB files charge sheet against 4 over Abrar’s death
DHAKA, April 25, 2019 (BSS) – Detective branch (DB) of police today filed
charge sheet against owner, driver, conductor and helper of Suprobhat
Paribahan in the case lodged over the death of Bangladesh University of
Professionals student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury.
DB inspector and investigation officer Qazi Shariful Islam filed two
separate charge sheets before Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court. A total of
32 people have made witnesses in the two charge sheets.
Abrar was run over by Suprobhat Paribahan bus in Pragati Swarani area on
the morning of March 19, as he was trying to cross the road.
It was learnt later that the same bus earlier on that morning had struck
another pedestrian, leaving her seriously injured and crushed Abrar as it was
trying to flee the scene after the first incident.
Abrar’s father Brigadier General (retd) Arif Ahammed Chowdhury filed a
case against the bus driver, its helper, conductor and owner of the bus with
Gulshan Police Station.
The four accused – bus owner Nani Gopal, driver Sirajul Islam, helper
Ibrahim Hossain and conductor Yasir Arafat – have already been arrested and
gave confessional statements in the case.
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