Babu Murder in Natore
A year is over, no charge sheet yet
Sanaullah Noor Babu
Police are yet to submit charge sheet in the case filed for gruesome killing of Baraigram upazila chairman and local BNP leader Sanaullah Noor Babu a year ago. Though police have vital clues and video footage of the killing, they are delaying the process as they are under pressure from some local influential ruling party leaders to drop the names of the main accused, alleged Mahua Noor Kochi, widow of Babu. "We do not want to say anything more as we know very well that no killers will be brought to book during the tenure of this government”. “Allah will do the justice," Kochi told this correspondent yesterday. “The investigation officer recently asked me to submit a 'naraji' (no confidence) petition after filing of the charge sheet,” she said. All the 47 accused including 11 arrestees in the case are now on bail. On October 8 last year, a few activists of Awami League attacked a BNP procession at Bonpara Bazar in the district. The attackers beat Babu, also the president of BNP Bonpara municipality unit, dead and injured over 30. Among the injured were the municipality mayor Ishaq Ali and three journalists. The following day, Kochi filed a murder case, accusing 47 people. Ahammad Ali, assistant police superintendent of CID, Rajshahi, said the investigation is in progress. “We are dealing with the case carefully as it is a very important one. We will able to make the charge sheet within a short time”, Ahmad added. Prime accused and AL-backed candidate KM Zakir Hossain was elected the municipality mayor defeating BNP aspirant Mohua Noor Kochi, last year.
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