A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against 7 leaders and activists of BNP, including its Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, in police constable Shamim murder case 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.
According to the charge sheet, on January 17 in 2015, Tipu hurled several cocktails and two petrol bombs at a bus carrying police personnel, injuring more than 12 police officers.
Police Sub-Inspector Shafiqul Islam filed a violence case the next day with Ramna Thana in this connection.
19 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 July 14 in 2016, CID Police Inspector Md Ali Akkas pressed a charge sheet against 7 in a murder case.
