Blogger Wasikur murder case
Hearing adjourned till April 30
BSS, Dhaka
A Dhaka court adjourned until April 30 the hearing of a case lodged over the murder of blogger Wasikur Rahman Babu. Dhaka 3rd metropolitan magistrate Robiul Alam set the date allowing a time plea of the prosecution.
On April 23 was fixed for recording depositions of new prosecution witnesses. But the state side could not produce any witnesses yesterday. The court has so far examined 22 prosecution witnesses in the case.
Babu was murdered on his way to office from his Tejgaon Begunbari house on March 30, 2015. Police with the help of locals managed to detain two killers Zikrullah and Ariful Islam, red handed from the spot. Three machetes were recovered from their possessions at that time.
Babus brother-in-law Monir Hossain on that day filed a murder case with Tejgaon Police Station and the detainees were later shown arrested in that case.
Detective branch (DB) of police on September 1, 2015, filed charge sheet against five members Zikrullah, Ariful Islam, Saiful Islam, Hasib Abdullah, Abu Taher Zunayed, banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT). The court on July 20, 2016, framed charges against the accused.
