Chargesheet submitted in blogger Niladri murder case
Court Correspondent :
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday submitted a charge-sheet against 13 people, including sacked army major Syed Ziaul Haq, in the case filed in connection with the killing of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy.
All suspects are members of the banned militant
outfit Ansar Al Islam and also known as Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), said the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case. Zia, the military wing commander of the outfit, is considered to be the mastermind of the incident. He planned the murder that was executed on August 7, 2015, the IO added. They gave the charge-sheet after five-year long investigation.
The other accused people are, top ABT operatives Khairul Islam alias Fahim alias Jishan, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Abu Siddiq Sohel and Mozammel Hossain alias Saimon, activists Masud Rana, Saad Al Nahiyan,Tarikul Islam, Kamal Hossain Sardar, Kawsar Hossain Khan, Mortuja Faisal Sabbir, Arafat Rahman Siam and Mufti Abdul Gaffar.
Earlier, of the thirteen, twelve were arrested from different places across the country at different times. The IO showed Zia as fugitive in the charge sheet of the case.
Khairul, Arafat, Abdullah, Sohel and Saimon are now in the jail while the remaining accused are on bail.
During the investigation, Khairul, Sohel and Abdullah gave confessional statements in magistrate courts on different dates. According to their confessional statements, it was alleged that Masud Rana, Siam and Saimon took part in the killing as per direction of Zia. Md Akhtaruzzaman, an inspector of Counter Terrorism & Transnational Crime of DMP and Investigation Officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka.
On August 7, 2015, blogger Niloy was hacked to death by a group of assailants at his rented flat on the 4th floor of a multi-storey building in Goran. Later, the victim’s wife Asha Moni filed the murder case with Khilgaon Police Station against four miscreants.
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday submitted a charge-sheet against 13 people, including sacked army major Syed Ziaul Haq, in the case filed in connection with the killing of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy.
All suspects are members of the banned militant
outfit Ansar Al Islam and also known as Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), said the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case. Zia, the military wing commander of the outfit, is considered to be the mastermind of the incident. He planned the murder that was executed on August 7, 2015, the IO added. They gave the charge-sheet after five-year long investigation.
The other accused people are, top ABT operatives Khairul Islam alias Fahim alias Jishan, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Abu Siddiq Sohel and Mozammel Hossain alias Saimon, activists Masud Rana, Saad Al Nahiyan,Tarikul Islam, Kamal Hossain Sardar, Kawsar Hossain Khan, Mortuja Faisal Sabbir, Arafat Rahman Siam and Mufti Abdul Gaffar.
Earlier, of the thirteen, twelve were arrested from different places across the country at different times. The IO showed Zia as fugitive in the charge sheet of the case.
Khairul, Arafat, Abdullah, Sohel and Saimon are now in the jail while the remaining accused are on bail.
During the investigation, Khairul, Sohel and Abdullah gave confessional statements in magistrate courts on different dates. According to their confessional statements, it was alleged that Masud Rana, Siam and Saimon took part in the killing as per direction of Zia. Md Akhtaruzzaman, an inspector of Counter Terrorism & Transnational Crime of DMP and Investigation Officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka.
On August 7, 2015, blogger Niloy was hacked to death by a group of assailants at his rented flat on the 4th floor of a multi-storey building in Goran. Later, the victim’s wife Asha Moni filed the murder case with Khilgaon Police Station against four miscreants.
