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Charges pressed against Shakila, 32 others
UNB
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday pressed charges against 33 people, including Barrister Shakila Farzana, in a case filed in connection with financing a militant outfit, reports UNB. Assistant director of RAB-7 ASP Ruhul Amin, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the chargesheet before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Munshi Mashiar Rahman. Lawyer Hasanuzzaman Liton and advocate Mahfuz Chowdhury Bapon were among the chargesheeted accused. Earlier on March 20, RAB submitted a chargesheet against 28 people, including Barrister Shakila Farzana, in another case filed in connection with recovery of arms from Banshkhali upazila. On February 19, 2015, RAB members in a drive arrested 12 people from a Qawmi madrasa at Hathazari. Later on February 21, 2015, a team of RAB-7 unearthed a secret training camp of militant outfit Shaheed Hamza Brigade and arrested five suspected militants from Lotmoni area in Banshkhali upazila. The RAB members also recovered huge arms from the camp. Two cases-one under the Arms Act and another under the Anti-Terrorism Act were filed in this connection. On August 18, 2015, RAB arrested three lawyers, including Supreme Court (SC) lawyers Shakila,Hasanuzzaman Liton and advocate Mahfuz Chowdhury Bapon, on charge of financing militant outfit Sahed Hamza Brigade (SHB) from Dhanmondi area of the city.
