Rizvi, 6 others indicted in police constable Shamim murder case
A Dhaka court today framed charges against 7 leaders and activists of BNP, including its senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, in police constable Shamim murder case filed in 2015.
Judge (in-charge) Bilkis Akter of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-4 scrapped the dismissal plea from the defence and passed the order initiating the trial officially.
The other accused in the case are BNP joint secretary general Habib-Un-Nabi Khan Sohel, former Dhaka College Chhatra Dal president Anowar Hossain Tipu alias Abbas and BNP activists Abdus Sattar, Shah Alam, and Md Rafiq.
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According to the charge sheet, Tipu hurled several cocktails and two petrol bombs at a bus carrying police personnel, injuring more than 12 police officers on 17 January 2015.
Police Sub Inspector Shafiqul Islam filed a violence case the next day with Ramna police station in this connection.
Nineteen days later, Shamim Miah, a police constable who suffered severe burns and splinter injuries that day, died while undergoing treatment at a city hospital.
Later on 14 July 2016, CID Police Inspector Md Ali Akkas pressed charge sheet against 7 in the murder case.
