Another accused remanded

A Sylhet court yesterday placed an accused in the blogger Ananta Bijoy Das murder case on a seven-day remand.

Jafran Hasan is also an accused in a case field for killing Avijit, another freethinking blogger.

Tap here to add The Daily Star as a trusted source

The order came after CID Inspector Arman Ali, investigation officer of the Ananta murder case had produced him before the court with a 15-day remand prayer. The court fixed December 3 for next hearing, said the IO.

Earlier, three other accused Dulal Biswas, Abul Hasan and Farabi Safiur Rahman were remanded.

Ananta was hacked to death by a group of masked men in Sylhet city on May 12.

The following day, the victim's brother filed a case in this regard.

Later on May 26, the case was handed over by the Sylhet Metropolitan Police to the Criminal Investigation Department.