Case filed over Avijit's killing
A murder case has been filed accusing anonymous assailants for the brutal killing of writer and blogger Avijit Roy last night at Dhaka University area.
Victim's father Ajay Roy, a physics teacher at the University of Dhaka, filed the lawsuit against unidentified assailants with Shahbagh Police Station around 9:15am today, Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of the police station told The Daily Star Online.
However, he did not tell how many people were accused in the case.
"Detective Branch (DB) of police have already begun their investigation to find the motive of the killing and arrest of the culprits involved, the OC added.
Assailants brutally hacked blogger Avijit Roy and his wife Rafida Ahmed Banna last night after the couple came out of the Ekushey Boi Mela around 8:30pm.
They were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where Avijit died around 10:20pm. Banna, herself a writer and blogger, is undergoing treatments there in critical condition.
Avijit recently came to Bangladesh on February 16 to attend the launching of his books at the Boi Mela. He turned out to be a victim of an attack that bore chilling similarities to the grisly attack on writer Humayun Azad 11 years ago.
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