Babul's son sent to jail

Shamim Islam, Babul's son, and Saidur Rahman along with their lawyers appeared before the court and prayed for fresh bail, as their bail period has already expired. The High Court earlier granted them bail until the submission of charge sheet, while the IO (investigation officer) of the case pressed charges on April 19.

The prosecution opposed the bail petition and prayed for sending them to jail.

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After the hearing, Judge Rezaul Islam of the Fifth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court rejected the bail petition and ordered to send them to jail.

The same court earlier released Nurul Islam on Tk 1 lakh bail with two grantors.

Monirul Islam, complainant of the case and owner of a dredger, said in the first information report (FIR) that his employee Alam Pramanik was sleeping on his dredger at about 11:00pm on September 1 last year. An armed gang of about 12 allegedly led by Amir and Ripon stormed into the boat and opened fire on the workers. Fatally injured Alam later died at Suhrawardy Heart Diseases Hospital.

In a supplementary FIR filed on September 7, Monirul quoted Alam as telling his colleagues before death that Amir and Ripon shot him in line with a blueprint of Babul and Shamim. Alam also named Saidur and Dewan as the attackers.

Amir, Ripon and Dewan have already been behind bars.