Police arrested Musa Bond, 23, the absconding accused of Rifat Sharif murder case on Friday night from Barguna Mach Bazar area. Though Musa was acquitted from the charges in this case police are yet to receive any documents, said KM Tariqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Barguna sadar police station. Musa will be shown arrested in Rifat murder case and four other cases as an arrest warrant was issued against him already during the trial of the case, added the OC. Read: Barguna Rifat killing: Wife Minni, 5 others sentenced to death After the murder incident Musa fled to India and remained fugitive during the period of trial, said the OC. Musa was a close ally of Ahmed alias Nayon Bond, the main accused in the murder case who was killed in an alleged gunfight with police on July 2. He was also an active member of the Bond gang in Barguna. On Sept 30, Minni and five others were sentenced to death for killing Rifat in broad daylight last year. Four others were acquitted. Read: Rifat Murder: Court indicts wife Minni, 9 others On Tuesday, 11 juveniles were sentenced to different jail terms in the case. The court sentenced six of them to 10 years in jail, four to five years and one to three years’ imprisonment. The court acquitted three others as charges brought against them could not be proven. According to the prosecution, Rifat, 22, son of Dulal Sharif, was hacked to death in Barguna district town on June 26 last year. He was attacked near the main gate of Barguna Government College. Surveillance camera footage showed his wife Minni apparently trying to save him. Twenty-four people were accused in the murder case filed by Rifat’s father. Minni, initially named as a witness, was later arrested on July 16 last year and made an accused.

Three young men, who were sentenced to death for killing Barguna youth Rifat Sharif, were shifted to Barishal jail on Friday.

A Barguna Court on Tuesday sentenced 11 juveniles to different jail terms in the Rifat Sharif murder case.

A Barguna court on Wednesday fixed September 30 for delivering its verdict in Rifat Sharif murder case.

The High Court (HC) on Thursday rejected a plea of Aysha Siddika Minni seeking transfer of the case filed against her over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif from Barguna to Dhaka court.

A court here on Sunday sought an investigation report within seven days following a plea seeking cancellation of Aysha Siddika Minni’s bail in a case filed over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

A court here on Sunday fixed February 2 for further hearing on a petition seeking cancellation of Aysha Siddika Minni’s bail in a case filed over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

The High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition of Aysha Siddika Minni seeking cancellation of the trial proceedings against her in a case filed over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

A court here on Wednesday indicted Aysha Siddika Minni and nine others in a case filed over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

The outgoing year, 2019, has been a very shocking year for Bangladesh as the nation saw a number of sensational murders that grabbed the international headlines.   Of the tragedies, the killings of Abrar Fahad at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), Rifat Sharif in Barguna and Nusrat Jahan Rafi in Feni jolted the nation’s conscience.   The killing of Taslima Begum Renu in a lynch-mob attack over the rumour of child lifting also shocked the nation.   Abrar Fahad   Buet student Abrar Fahad always stood first in any examination throughout his school and college life which is evident in the results of his SSC and HSC examinations. But the life of such a bright star was cut short brutally at his own university.   Abrar, 21, a second-year student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department of Buet, was found dead on the staircase of Sher-e-Bangla Hall of the university October 7 after some leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) beat him at room-2011 of the dormitory on the night of October 6 suspecting his link to Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir.   The academic activities at Buet remained closed for more than two months as the students went on a movement demanding justice for Abrar. Finally, the Buet authorities expelled 26 students over the murder after police submitted charges in the case.   On November 13, the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) pressed charges against 25 people in the Buet student Abrar Fahad killing case.   Rifat Sharif