A Dhaka court on Monday deferred till December 2 the delivery of the verdict of the murder and burning body of valiant Freedom Fighter (FF) and former chairman of Konda union under Keraniganj upazila, Atik Ullah Chowdhury.
Judge Abu Jafar Md Kamruzzaman of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 set the new date on as the verdict was not ready yet.
Earlier on October 18, a fast track court fixed November 16 for pronouncing judgement in a case lodged over the murder of Atik Ullah Chowdhury.
According to the case documents, Chowdhury, also a leader of the local unit of Awami League, went missing on December 10, 2013. His partially burnt body was recovered from beside a hospital in Doleswar area in Keraniganj, the next day.
Killers after murdering Atik Ullah Chowdhury, set his body on fire to hide his identity. But from the documents and Bank ATM card found just beside the body, Chowdhury’s family identified his body.
Deceased’s son Saidur Rahman Faruk Chowdhury filed the murder case with South Keraniganj Police Station and police later filed a charge-sheet against eight.
The court on July 2, 2015, framed charges against eight.
The accused are- Gulzar Hossain, Shampa, Ashik, Shihab Ahmed, Ahsanul Kabir Emon, Tajul Islam, Jahangir Khan, and Rafikul Islam. Of the eight, Shampa, Jahangir and Rafikul Islam are behind the bars.
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