BCL leader killing

Councillor sent to jail

A court sent Saraipara Ward Councillor Saber Ahmed to jail yesterday over the killing of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Mahiuddin Sohel. Saber's lawyer Sheikh M Iftekhar Shimul said his client had been taken into police custody. The Awami League leader secured a month's interim bail from the High Court. He was told to get bail from the subordinate court within this period. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Akbar Hossain Mridha rejected his bail plea after a hearing in the case. BCL leader Sohel was lynched by a mob at Pahartali Railway Market for alleged extortion on January 7. Sohel's family claimed that it was a premeditated murder. His younger brother Shakirul Islam Shishir filed a case at Double Mooring Police Station naming 27 people.

 

BCL leader killing

Councillor sent to jail

A court sent Saraipara Ward Councillor Saber Ahmed to jail yesterday over the killing of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Mahiuddin Sohel. Sabers lawyer Sheikh M Iftekhar Shimul said his client had been taken into police custody. The Awami League leader secured a months interim bail from the High Court. He was told to get bail from the subordinate court within this period. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Akbar Hossain Mridha rejected his bail plea after a hearing in the case. BCL leader Sohel was lynched by a mob at Pahartali Railway Market for alleged extortion on January 7. Sohels family claimed that it was a premeditated murder. His younger brother Shakirul Islam Shishir filed a case at Double Mooring Police Station naming 27 people.