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Blogger Rajeeb murder trial begins
[Dhaka Tribune] A Dhaka court has begun the trial of the blogger-architect Ahmed Rajeeb Haider murder case with recording the deposition of the plaintiff, also the victim's father Dr Nazim Uddin.Judge Syeed Ahmed of Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 Wednesday also fixed June 2 for recording the deposition of other witnesses. While delivering his deposition, Rajeeb's father told the court: "I have come to know through newspaper reports that the eight indicted persons killed my son. I demand exemplary punishment of the killers." Earlier on May 21, the same court framed charges afresh against the eight accused in the case, responding to a plea of the public prosecutor. Special public prosecutor of Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 Md Mahbubur Rahman filed a plea in which he urged the court to frame the charges again as the name of the murder scene was not mentioned clearly in the previous indictment documents. Of the accused, Mufti Jasim Uddin Rahmani has been indicted under section 302 and 107 of the penal code while the others were indicted under section 302 and 34. On March 18, Judge Ruhul Amin of the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed an indictment order against Mufti Jasim, chief of holy warrior group Ansarullah Bangla Team, and seven from North South University. After the indictment, the court fixed April 21 to start a trial in the case. On May 12, the case was shifted to Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 from Dhaka's Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court for quick disposal. In this regard, a gazette was sent to Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 from the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court. Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a gazette notification for transferring the case documents of the Rajib murder case to Speedy Trial Tribunal 3. Rajeeb, known as Thaba Baba in the blogging community, was hacked to death on February 15, 2013 near his Pallabi home, only 10 days into the historic movement at Shahbagh demanding the death penalty for the 1971 war criminals and a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... and its student body Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... For which they immediately settled his hash. Posted by: Fred 2015-05-28 |
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