DHAKA, Sept 04, 2019 (BSS) – Two magistrates, who recorded testimonies of
the accused in a case lodged over allegedly raping of two private university
students in Hotel The Raintree Dhaka at capital’s Banani area in 2017.
Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Satyabrata Shikder and Khurshid Alam
testified before the court and were later cross-examined by the defence.
Dhaka 7th women and children repression prevention tribunal judge Khadem
Ul Kayes then adjourned the hearing till November 5 as the defence failed to
conclude the quizzing today.
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 allegedly
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.