Dhaka court takes charges into cognisance
A Dhaka court yesterday took cognisance of the charges against five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in connection with the killing of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu on March 30.
Of the accused, Zikrullah Hasan, Ariful Islam Mushfiq and Saiful Islam alias Mansur are now in jail custody, while Akram Hossain Hasib Abdullah, who is known as “Boro Bhai” among the team members, and Junayed Taher are still at large.
The court also issued arrest warrant against Hasib and Taher as they were shown fugitives in the charge sheet.
The court asked officer-in-charge of Tejgaon Shilpanchal Police Station to submit a report on execution of the arrest warrant by October 29.
On September 2, Inspector of the Detective Branch (DB) of police Moshiur Rahman, also the investigation officer, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka.
Cleaver-wielding Zikurullah and Ariful, both madrasa students, were chased down by locals while they were fleeing after hacking Oyasiqur to death at Begunbari in the capital's Tejgaon Industrial Area.
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