Kamrul among 13 indicted for killing Rajan
After two months and 12 days of the
brutal killing of 13-year-old Rajan, a court here on Tuesday indicted Kamrul
Islam, the main accused and 12 others.
Sylhet Metropolitan Sessions Judge Akbar
Hossain Mridha passed the indictment order. The court also fixed October 1 for
deposition to initiate the trial.
“The court framed charges against 13
people including fugitive Kamrul Islam and fixed nine dates, September 1, 4, 7
and 8 and five consecutive dates from September 11 to 15, for recording
deposition of 38 witnesses,” Public Prosecutor of Sylhet Metropolitan Sessions
Court Advocate Mofur Ali told BSS.
The other indicted accused are: Shamim,
Pavel, Muhit Alam, Ali Haider, Ruhul Amin,Dulal Ahmed, Nur Mia, Mayna, Ayaz
Ali, Badal, Firoz and Asmat Ali.
Charges were also framed against Shamim,
Muhit, Mayna and Taj uddin under separate sections for the help extended to
hide the body of Rajan after the brutal killing.
Of them, the main accused Kamrul, his
brothers Shamim and Pavel went into hiding after the brutal killing while the
remaining others are now in jail. Kamrul fled to Saudi Arabia soon after the killing.
The government efforts are on to bring back kamrul from Saudi Arabia.
Jalalabad Police Station confiscated the
property of Kamrul and his brother Shamim on august 25 in line with the court
order. The court on August 31 ordered the concerned authority to publish
advertisement on newspapers showing Kamrul, his brothers Shamim and Pavel
fugitives.
Eight of the accused made confessional
statement before the court to this end.
Earlier on August 16, inspector of
Detective Branch (DB) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Suranjit Talukder
submitted the charge sheet in the Rajan murder case accusing the 13 people
before Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court.
The magistrate court took the charge
sheet into cognizance on August 24. The case was shifted to Sylhet Metropolitan
Session Judge Court on September 7.
On
July 8, Kamrul along with the other accused beat Rajan to death at Kumargaon
Bus Stand area of Sylhet Sadar upazila on charges of stealing and then the
28-minute video of his torture posted on the online which sparked off protest. (Source:
BSS, September 22, 2015)
AD upholds HC order on Concord complex handover
The Appellate Division (AD) of the
Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an order passed by the High Court, asking
Concord Group to handover an 18-storey complex in capital’s Azimpur to Sir
Salimullah Muslim Orphanage.
Appellate Division Chamber Judge,
Justice Md Imman Ali refrained from passing any order on the appeal filed by
the developer company, leaving the High Court order in effect.
After this order, the developer company
has to handover the concerned land and the building to the orphanage authority
within 30 days.
Earlier
on September 17, the High Court declared the construction of the building on
the land of the orphanage illegal and asked the developer company to handover
the building to the land owner within 30 days of getting the copy of the
verdict. (Source: BSS, September 22, 2015)
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