Accused of Risha murder charged

Police yesterday pressed charges against Obaidul Khan, lone accused in a case filed for killing Suraiya Akter Risha, a student of Willes Little Flower School in the capital.

Ali Hossain, inspector of Ramna Police Station, who investigated the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka.

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In the charge sheet, he said the investigation found proof of the murder charge brought against Obaidul and so he should be brought under trial.

Twenty-six people were shown as prosecution witnesses in the charge sheet. The court set November 27 to decide whether to accept the charge or not.

Obaidul Kader is a the lone accused in Suraiya Akter Risha murder case. Star file photo

Risha, a student of class-VIII, was stabbed near the school at Kakrail on August 24. She succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Obaidul, who used to work at a tailoring shop in the city, hails from Miradangi village in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur. He was arrested in Domar upazila of Nilphamari district with the help of locals a week after Risha was stabbed.