Delay in producing PW disappoints court
A Dhaka court expressed its disappointment at the public prosecutor's failure to produce any witness yesterday over the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider.
Judge Sayeed Ahmed of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka told PP Md Mahbubur Rahman that bloggers were being killed one after another, and that he should be more serious about producing witnesses to quicken the murder trial.
The judge's remarks followed submission of an adjournment petition.
Assuring the court, the prosecutor said three to four witnesses would appear during the next hearing, which was scheduled for August 16 by the judge.
Earlier the tribunal recorded statements of five prosecution witnesses including Dr Nazim Uddin and the complainant.
Asked about his failure, PP Mahbubur told The Daily Star that he was trying his best to produce all the witnesses before the court for quick disposal of the case.
Rajib, also an activist of the anti-war crimes Shahbagh movement, was hacked to death in the capital's Pallabi on February 13, 2013.
On January 28 last year, detectives charged Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani, chief of emerging militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team, and seven students of North South University (NSU).
Of the accused, Jasimuddin and six NSU students -- Md Faisal Bin Nayem alias Dweep, Maksudul Hasan alias Anik, Md Ehsan Reza alias Rumman, Nayem Sikdar alias Iraj, Nafis Imtiaz and Sadman Yasir Mahmud -- are in jail.
A seventh accused, Redwanul Azad Rana, is on the run.
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