Sylhet, Oct 4 (UNB) – A court here on Thursday granted bail to Hafez Maulana Atiqur Rahman, a charge-sheeted accused in a case filed over the attack on renowned writer Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal on Shahajalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) campus.
Judge of the Additional Metropolitan Session’s Judge Court Mominur Nesa passed the order following a bail petition filed by Atiqur, father of Faizul Hasan Foyez who attacked Zafar Iqbal.
Faizul swooped on Prof Zafar Iqbal and stabbed him with a knife at the SUST Mukta Mancha during a celebration programme, 'Robofight,' of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department on March 3 last.
A case was filed with Jalalabad Police Station the following day.
On July 26 last, police pressed charges against six people, including Faizul and Atiqur, in connection with the attack.
The other charge-sheeted accused are Faizul's mother Minara Begum, brother Enamul Hasan, maternal uncle Md FazlurRahman and friend Sohagh Miah.