Aminbazar Killing
Wasim's bail prayer rejected
A Dhaka court yesterday rejected a bail petition of an accused, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of six students in Aminbazar on the outskirts of the city in July last year.
Judge Mohammad Abdul Majid of the District and Sessions Judge's Court of Dhaka passed the order after a criminal appeal submitted by the accused lawyer of Mohammad Wasim against the lower court rejection order.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Tayebul Hassan on March 12 rejected a bail petition of Wasim as his involvement with the killing was primarily proved.
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on January 9 this year arrested Wasim and later he was remanded for six days in order to gather information about the killing.
In a forwarding report, the investigation officer, Senior ASP of CID Sirajul Haque, said Wasim was found with his blood stained shirt and trousers after the killings.
Earlier on March 25, sand trader Abdul Malek, who filed a robbery case against the students, and his associate Abdul Hamid, confessed to the killing before a Dhaka court after they were arrested from the capital's Mirpur area on March 19.
A gang of 20 to 25 criminals beat to death six students--Tipu Sultan of Tejgaon College; Towhidur Rahman Palash, Kamruzzaman Kanto and Ibrahim Khalil of Mirpur Bangla College; Shams Rahim Shamam of Maple Leaf International School and Sitaf Jabi Munif of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology-- on July 18 while their friend Al Amin survived with severe injuries.
The seven ill-fated youths faced the brutalities when they went to Aminbazar to enjoy the Shab-e-Barat night.
After killing the students near the Aminbazar Bridge, the killers took the bodies more than half a kilometre away to Keblarchar on the advice of local policemen and called the villagers saying that they had caught robbers.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments