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HEARING-CASE-RAHAT-DEATH
Hearing of Abrar Rahat death case adjourned till Apr 12
DHAKA, Jan 26, 2021 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today adjourned till April 12
the hearing of a case lodged over the death of Dhaka Residential Model
College student Naimul Abrar Rahat, against nine people including the editor
of daily Prothom Alo Motiur Rahman.
Today was fixed for recording depositions of the witnesses, but Advocate
Prashant Kumar Karmakar, lawyer of daily Prothom Alo editor Motiur Rahman
pleaded for time as the matter has been stayed for six months for his client
by the High Court.
Accepting the time plea, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh
adjourned the hearing till April 12.
The court on November 12, 2020, framed charges against the nine accused in
the case, dropping name of another accused Editor Anisul Hoque of Kishor Alo,
a publication of the Prothom Alo, from the case.
The accused are- Motiur Rahman, Prothom Alo senior sub-editor Mohitul
Alam, head of event and activation Kabir Bakul, executives Shah Paran Tushar,
Shuvashish Pramanik and Jasim Uddin, Mosharraf Hossain, Sujon and Kamrul
Hawlader, who were in charge of providing electricity supply for the
function.
The court on October 1 had accepted the probe report in the case. Dhaka
Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim on September 20 transferred the case
to this court as it got ready to initiate the trial.
Ninth grader Naimul Abrar Rahat died after being electrocuted behind the
stage at an event organised by the ‘Kishor Alo’ at Dhaka Residential Model
College ground on November 1, 2019.
On November 6, 2019, Rahat’s father Mojibur Rahman filed the case with the
court in this connection.
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