Case against Nowroj editor for filing false complaint

The police in their investigation found the case false, fabricated and concocted.

Durrani filed the case against Ripon and his friends Omar Faruq and Wahid alias Murad under the Speedy Trial Act on October 30, charging them with extorting money from him and vandalising his house at Rasulpur in Kamrangirchar.

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Meanwhile, police filed a case against Durrani yesterday on charge of filing a false case against the three young men.

The court also issued an order to release Faruq and Murad from jail.

Durrani, Staff Reporter of Nowroj Kamal Chowdhury and Durrani's brother Idris along with some locals beat up Ripon and turned him and his friends, Faruq and Murad, over to police branding them as extortionists on October 30.

Ripon suffered fatal injuries in the mob beating at Rasulpur and died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on November 1.

The victim's relatives said Durrani first beat up Ripon's nephew when his bicycle hit Durrani on the Kamrangirchar embankment. Hearing the news Ripon and his friends Omar Faruq and Wahid rushed to the spot and locked in an altercation with him. Durrani called his brother Idris and some others from the nearby area and started beating up Ripon and his friends.

Officer-in-charge of Kamran-girchar Police Station Golam Mostafa said they are hunting for Durrani, who has been absconding since police came to know the fact.