Indian court again defers charge framing against Nur

A Barasat court yesterday deferred to August 24 charge framing against Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case, over trespassing into India.

The court also issued an arrest warrant against one of two associates of Nur, Khan Sumon, who did not appear in the hearing yesterday and the day before, said Anup Ghosh, Sumon's lawyer.

Charges against Nur are yet to be framed in India although over one year has passed since his arrest for intruding into the country following the murders.

Earlier, the charges were not framed due to lawyers' work abstention and absence of two other accused during hearings.

However, Nur and his another associate Wahuduzzaman Shamim, who is now on bail, was present yesterday.

Baguiati police on August 18 submitted the charge sheet against Nur before the Barasat court accusing him of trespassing.

A day into Nur's arrest by Kolkata police on June 14, 2014, an Indian court put him and his two associates on an eight-day remand.

The order came after Baguiati police filed a case against them on the charge of infiltration, gambling and possessing firearms. Nur had been in Indian jail for around 171 days.

Seven people including Narayanganj City Corporation councillor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker were abducted in April last year. Later, their bodies were found floating in the river Shitalakkhya of the district.