Abrar Fahad murder: HC turns down plea for case transfer

The High Court today cleared the way for the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka to continue the trial proceedings of Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case.

The HC rejected a petition filed by 22 accused of the case, seeking its order for transferring the case from the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka.

The bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice Shahed Nuruddin passed the rejection order, considering that the petition was not moved properly.

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Lawyer Munsurul Hoque Chowdhury appeared for the accused petitioners while Deputy Attorney General Abdullah Al Mahmud Bashar represented the state during virtual hearing on the petition.

The 22 accused, who are now in jail, submitted the petition last week seeking HC order for transferring the Abrar Fahad murder case from the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka, apprehending that they "will not get justice" from the tribunal.

In the petition, they expressed no confidence in the judge of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman.