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HEARING-KILLING-STUDENTS-SAVAR
Hearing in Savar students lynching case adjourned till July 15
DHAKA, June 27, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today adjourned till July 15
the hearing of a case lodged over lynching of six students in suspicion of
being members of gang of dacoits in Aminbazar, Savar in 2011.
Today was fixed for cross examining second investigation officer of the
case former CID ASP Sirajul Islam, but he did not appear before court on
health ground.
The prosecution then pleaded for time and Dhaka 2nd additional district
and sessions judge Faijunnesa adjourned the hearing till July 15.
A total of 52 witnesses out of the total 92 have so far testified before
the court in the case, prosecutor Shakila Jeasmin Mitu told BSS.
The students were brutally beaten to death on the night of Shab-e-Barat
on July 17, 2011. The killers then filed a robbery case against the deceased
with Savar Model Police Station. Police on the other hand filed another case
against 600 villagers for lynching the students.
Charge sheet in the case was filed against 60 on January 7, 2013, while
Dhaka 2nd additional district and sessions judge Md Helal Uddin on July 8,
2013, framed charges against them.
The six victims are Shams Rahim Shamim, 18, Touhidur Rahman Palash, 20,
Ibrahim Khalil, 21, Kamruzzaman Kanto, 16, Tipu Sultan, 19 and Sitab Jabir
Munib, 20.
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