A Dhaka court on Thursday started recording the deposition of prosecution witnesses in a case lodged over the murder of Awami League (AL) leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity in the Shahjahanpur area of the capital on March 24, 2022.
The plaintiff and victim, Tipu's widow, Farhana Islam Dolly, submitted her deposition at the Dhaka Special Judge Court-3. After her deposition, the defence started Dolly's cross-examination. At the end of the day's proceedings, Judge Muhammed Ali Hossain adjourned the hearing till July 18 as the defence failed to conclude their quizzing, reports BSS.
The court, on April 29, framed charges against 33 accused, including the councillor of ward-10 of Dhaka South City Corporation, Maruf Ahmed Monsur and Dhaka South City unit Awami League Organising Secretary Ashraf Talukder.
The other accused include Khairul Islam, Juber Alam Khan Robin, Sohel Shahriar, Maruf Reza Sagar, fugitive top terror Jisan and Manik, Kamruzzaman Bablu, Kailla Palash, Aminul, Sohel, Sumon Shikder Musa, Soikat, Shikder Akash, Imran Hossain Jitu, Molla Shamim, Rakib, BD Babu, Omar Faruk, Killer Nasir, Rifat, Ishtiak Hossain Jitu, Mahbubur Rahman Titu, Hafiz, Masum, Rana Molla and Nasiruddin Manik.
Tipu, former general secretary of Motijheel Awami League, was on his microbus destined for his Khilgaon home on March 24, 2022. He was shot dead by a masked assailant in the Shahjahanpur area as his vehicle got stuck in traffic.
Stray bullets also shot rickshaw passenger Samia Afran Prity, and she died on the spot. Tipu's driver, Munna, got shot in his hand in the incident.
