Lower court to resume trial of Adilur, Elan

The High Court on Monday cleared way for the lower court to resume the trial proceedings of a case filed against Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and its director SM Nasir Uddin Elan under the Information and Communication Technology Act, reports UNB.
An HC bench of Justice Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim passed the order after rejecting a petition filed by the two accused.
Barrister Rukanuddin Mahmud stood for them while deputy attorney genral Forhad Ahmed for the state.
On June 10, 2013, Odhikar published a report, titled 'Assembly of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh and Human Rights Violations', claiming that it had collected the names of 61 people killed during the evacuation of Hefajat activists by law enforcers at Shapla Chattar in the capital's Motijheel area on May 5,
On August 10, 2013, plainclothes police arrested Adilur Rahman Khan from near his Gulshan residence shortly after the filing of a general diary over the report.

Lower court to resume trial of Adilur, Elan

The High Court on Monday cleared way for the lower court to resume the trial proceedings of a case filed against Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and its director SM Nasir Uddin Elan under the Information and Communication Technology Act, reports UNB. An HC bench of Justice Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim passed the order after rejecting a petition filed by the two accused. Barrister Rukanuddin Mahmud stood for them while deputy attorney genral Forhad Ahmed for the state. On June 10, 2013, Odhikar published a report, titled Assembly of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh and Human Rights Violations, claiming that it had collected the names of 61 people killed during the evacuation of Hefajat activists by law enforcers at Shapla Chattar in the capitals Motijheel area on May 5, On August 10, 2013, plainclothes police arrested Adilur Rahman Khan from near his Gulshan residence shortly after the filing of a general diary over the report.