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HEARING-RAPE-RAINTREE
Hearing of Banani double rape case adjourned till July 25
DHAKA, June 25, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today adjourned till June 25
the hearing of a case lodged over allegedly raping of two private university
students in Hotel The Raintree Dhaka at capital’s Banani area in 2017.
Today was set for cross-examination of one of the victims and the
defence finished quizzing her today.
Dhaka 7th women and children repression prevention tribunal judge Khadem
Ul Kayes then adjourned the hearing till July 25.
Police produced prime accused Safat Ahmed and Naim Ashraf before the
court from jail, while Safat’s friend Sadman Sakif, bodyguard Rahmat Ali and
driver Billal Hossain, who are on bail, also appeared before the court for
the hearing.
Safat, son of Apan Jewelers owner Dildar Ahmed, and his friends raped
the two girls on March 28, 2017, bringing them to that hotel for joining a
birthday party. A victim filed the case on May 6, 2017, with Banani Police
Station.
Police filed charge sheet on June 8, 2017, against five including Safat
in the case, and a court on July 13, 2017, framed charges against the
accused.
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