Court defers judgement of Banani double-rape case till Oct 27

BSS :
A special tribunal here on Tuesday deferred till October 27 the pronouncement of judgement in a case lodged over alleged rape of two private university students in hotel The Raintree Dhaka in the capital’s Banani area in 2017.
Acting judge Al Mamun passed the order as regular judge Mosammat Kamrunnahar of Dhaka 7th Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal was on leave due to her illness.
The tribunal on October 3 had set today for pronouncing
judgement in the case as both the prosecution and defence concluded their arguments in the case on that day. The tribunal also canceled bail of five accused in the case on that day and sent them to jail.
Twenty-two out of total 47 witnesses have testified in the case and were later cross-examined by the defence.
The horrific crime allegedly committed by Safat Ahmed, son of Apan Jewelers owner Dildar Ahmed, and his friends Naim Ashraf and Sadman Sakif, raping 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.
Investigation officer Inspector Ismat Ara Emmy on June 7, 2017, filed charge-sheet against five accused in the case. The accused are- Safat Ahmed, Naim Ashraf, Sadman Sakif, Safat’s bodyguard Rahmat Ali and driver Billal Hossain.
The tribunal on June 19, 2017, accepted the charge-sheet and on July 13, 2017, framed charges against the accused.