A speedy trial tribunal will now deal with the case filed over the murder of Special Branch inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman in the capital last year.
The much-talked-about murder case was sent to Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 from the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court yesterday as per a decision of the Home Ministry.
Additional Public Prosecutor Shah Alam Talukder of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court acknowledged the transfer, saying they had received the gazette in this regard.
Defence counsel Mahabub Hasan Rana said: “On October 21, the Home Ministry issued the gazette notification for the quick disposal of the case.”
The murdered couple’s only daughter Oishee Rahman and her two friends – Asaduzzman Jony and Mizanur Rahman Rony have been in police custody for their complicity in the killing.
On May 6, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jahrul Haque framed charges against Oishee, Jony and Rony in the case. The court has so far recorded depositions of 19 of the 57 prosecution witnesses since the trial began on July 8.
DB Inspector Abul Khair Matubbar – who is investigating the case – pressed two separate charge sheets with the court on March 9, accusing Oishee alone. Jony instigated the incident and Rony gave her shelter after the murder.
On August 16 last year, the bodies of SB inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman were recovered from their Malibagh residence. Later police arrested Oishee, her friends Rony, Jony and housemaid Khadiza Khatun Sumi.
Oishee, Jony and Rony are now in jail while Sumi was freed on bail. A Dhaka juvenile court is conducting Sumi’s trial as she is under 18 years.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
