Court accepts CS in Sagira murder case
Court Correspondent :
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday accepted the charge sheet, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted against four persons in the 30-year old Sagira Morshed murder case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sarafuzzaman Ansary accepted the charge sheet and sent the case to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka for trial on Sunday. Earlier on January 16, PBI Inspector Md Rafiqul Islam submitted the charge sheet to the CMM Court.
The four accused are Sagira Morshed’s brother-in-law Hasan Ali Chowdhury, his wife Sayedatul Mahmuda alias Shahin, brother-in-law (wife’s brother) Anas Mahmud alias Rezwan and their hired killer Maruf Reza. Meanwhile, all the four accused people gave confessional statements narrating the incident.
On July 25, 1989, victim Sagira, 34, was going to Viqarunnisa Noon School on the capital’s Bailey Road by a rickshaw to pick up her daughter Saharat. But, Sagira, could not pick up her daughter as muggers earlier, shot her to death in front of the school.
Abdus Salam Chowdhury, husband of the victim, filed a murder case against some unknown persons with Ramna Model Police Station on the same day. However, the trial proceedings of the case had been stayed for the last 28 years due to a High Court order.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday accepted the charge sheet, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted against four persons in the 30-year old Sagira Morshed murder case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sarafuzzaman Ansary accepted the charge sheet and sent the case to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka for trial on Sunday. Earlier on January 16, PBI Inspector Md Rafiqul Islam submitted the charge sheet to the CMM Court.
The four accused are Sagira Morshed’s brother-in-law Hasan Ali Chowdhury, his wife Sayedatul Mahmuda alias Shahin, brother-in-law (wife’s brother) Anas Mahmud alias Rezwan and their hired killer Maruf Reza. Meanwhile, all the four accused people gave confessional statements narrating the incident.
On July 25, 1989, victim Sagira, 34, was going to Viqarunnisa Noon School on the capital’s Bailey Road by a rickshaw to pick up her daughter Saharat. But, Sagira, could not pick up her daughter as muggers earlier, shot her to death in front of the school.
Abdus Salam Chowdhury, husband of the victim, filed a murder case against some unknown persons with Ramna Model Police Station on the same day. However, the trial proceedings of the case had been stayed for the last 28 years due to a High Court order.
