Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed May 9 to pronounce verdict in the case filed over the murder of actor Sohel Chowdhury in 1998.
Judge Ali Ahmed of Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 Dhaka fixed the date as both prosecution and defense concluded their arguments in the case on Monday.
The nine accused in the case are- Adnan Siddiqui, Afakul Islam alias Banti Islam, Aziz Mohammad Bhai alias Abdul Aziz, Tarek Sayeed Mamun, Selim Khan, Harun Ur Rashid alias Leather Liton alias Boss Liton, Faruk Abbasi, Sanjidul Islam Emon and Ashish Roy Chowdhury alias Bottle Chowdhury.
Sohel Chowdhury was shot and killed on December 18 of 1998, in the capital’s Banani area and his brother Touhidul Islam filed the case with Gulshan Police Station the next day. Police on July 30, 1999, submitted the charge sheet against nine and the Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court of Dhaka on October 30, 2001, framed charges in the case.
The case was later transferred to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 of Dhaka for further proceedings.
Following a petition of an accused in the case, the High Court in 2003 stayed the proceedings of the trial and it remained stayed for 19 years.
On February 27 of 2022, the stay was withdrawn over the case proceedings.
