Metropolitan Magistrate AJM Abdullahel Baqui issued the order saying that the victim was murdered at Savar but the case was filed showing the place of occurrence (PO) Kotwali area in Dhaka.

Following the order, lawyers of the complainant told The Daily Star that they would file a revision case with the higher court against the order.

Iman Ali, 40, was killed in a Rab-claimed ''encounter'' with the anticrime force at Khagan under Savar Police Station sometime between 12:15pm of March 8 and 6:30am of March 9.

Nazrul Islam, elder brother of the slain Iman Ali, filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court seeking justice.

The accused in the case are State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar, his maternal brothers Mirza Hafizur Rahman and Mirza Nurul Islam and Home Secretary Safarraj Hossain, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdul Quayyum, Additional IG (Headquarters) Anwarul Iqbal, Additional IG (Special Branch) Fakrul Ahmed, and Additional IG (Criminal Investigation Department) Khoda Baksh.

The other accused are Director General (DG) of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Abdul Aziz Sarker, its commanding officer, second-in-command, 16 unknown members of Rab-4, DIG of Dhaka Range Dr Sadikur Rahman, Superintendent of Police of Dhaka Baktiar Alam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Savar Police Station Mohammad Haider Ali, Sub-Inspector (SI) Mortuza and unknown six constables and 16 other people.

In his complainant, Nazrul said Babar's maternal brother Mirza Hafizur Rahman forcefully took possession of 11 acres land at Miton village of Savar on February 16. But thousands of local people led by Dhaka district unit Jubo League leader Iman Ali recovered the land from the grabbers.

The complainant also said Rab personnel took Iman Ali away from a Dhaka court on March 8 when he appeared before it in a criminal case against him and was killed on that night. The next day, the complainant came to know that his brother was killed in ''crossfire'' and his body was lying at Khagan in Savar.

The victim was killed as he protested the land grabbing by Babar's brother and it was executed under the direction of high-ups including the state minister, the complainant alleged.