Law Week
Rapist' Mahbub arrested
Police on Wednesday arrested Mahbub, the alleged rapist and main accused in teenage girl Hena Akter murder, in Savar. The Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) authorities, meanwhile, submitted its post-mortem report to the High Court saying there were injury marks on different parts of her body, said well-placed sources. Though the court did not disclose the content of the report, it said categorically that there is a vast difference between the DMCH report and the one prepared earlier by and Shariatpur Sadar Hospital. The two reports cannot be true at the same time, the HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Md Zakir Hossain said after receiving the report. The body of 15-year-old Hena, who was whipped to death in Shariatpur last month, was exhumed Monday night for a fresh post-mortem in compliance with a HC order. The HC passed on the same day after The Daily Star published a report raising doubts about the earlier inquest and autopsy that found no mark of injury on Hena's body. Earlier, the report of post-mortem conducted at Shariatpur Sadar Hospital said there was no injury mark on her body. -The Daily star online edition 09 February 2011.
Court permits quizzing Noor
A Dhaka court on Wednesday permitted detectives to interrogate a ward-level Awami League leader in connection with the killing of Fazlul Huq, another leader of the area, for two days. Metropolitan Magistrate Mostafa Shahriar Khan passed the order after Detective Branch (DB) of police appealed for a seven-day remand prayer to quiz Noor Mohammad, president of ward-41 unit of Awami League. Sub-Inspector Azaharul Islam, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, produced Noor before the court with the remand prayer. Earlier on January 28, detectives produced the AL leader before the court with a seven-day remand prayer. But the court could not hold hearing on the prayer due to Noor's illness.DB arrested Noor Mohammad on January 27.Criminals shot dead Fazlul Huq, 40, general secretary of ward-41 unit of the capital's Agargaon, on January 14.-The Daily star online edition 09 February 2011.
2 witnesses testify in Koko's case
Two more witnesses gave depositions against Arafat Rahman Koko, son of former premier Khaleda Zia, and Ismail Hossain Saimon, son of former shipping minister late Akbar Hossain, in a money-laundering case yesterday.The witnesses are Salauddin Ahmed, former attorney general, and Brigadier General (retd) Khalequzzaman Lodhi, former councilor of Bangladesh High Commission in Washington DC.Judge Mohammad Mozammel Hossain of the Special Judge's Court-3 recorded the statements of the witnesses and adjourned the court till March 28 for the next hearing. In his deposition, Salauddin said he received documents from the US on October 23, 2008, regarding the money siphoned off by the duo. He scrutinised the documents and sent them to the Anti-Corruption Commission chairman on the same day. Khalequzzaman in his deposition said he sent a series of documents regarding Koko and Saimon's corruption to the then attorney general through foreign ministry in 2008.Earlier, on January 4 and 19 the court recorded the depositions of three witnesses. -The Daily star 09 February 2011.
Probe into RU student Faruk murder
stalled for a year
The probe into the brutal murder of Rajshahi University student Faruk Hossain has remained stuck for a year as hearing on petition for remand of three arrested bigwigs of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was deferred several times. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Rajshahi, however, fixed February 14 for hearing on the petition for remand of Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee as they were implicated in Faruk murder case. Soon after arrest of the three Jamaat leaders in Dhaka in connection with other cases, Inspector Tofazzal Hossain of the Detective Branch (DB) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP), also the investigation officer of the case, submitted remand prayer to the court. - The Daily star 09 February 2011.
Verdict in case against 42 mutineers on March 16
The special court-17 will deliver judgement in the mutiny case against 42 jawans of BGB Mymensingh sector headquarters and 45 Battalion under the sector on March 16.The court, headed by Kushtia Sector Commander Col Md Nazrul Islam Sarker fixed the date yesterday. Of the accused, 14 are from the sector headquarters and 28 from the battalion.Manwhile, the special court-15, set up at Kharachhari sector headquarters, framed mutiny charges against 69 members of 11 Battalion under the sector same day. In the case statement, the complainant alleged that the accused took part in the mutiny at their respective units on February 26 in 2009, expressing solidarity with the rebels of BDR, renamed as BGB, headquarters. They took control of the sector and battalion headquarters, looted firearms and ammunition from armouries and fired blank shots, he stated. A total of 28 witnesses gave their statements before the court. Arguments between the witnesses and the accused were held during the trial proceedings. - The Daily star 08 February 2011.
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