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Mumunul asked to appear before Cumilla court Dec 23
A Cumilla court on Sunday asked Mamunul Haque, former joint secretary general of Hefajat-e-Islam and Mawlana Khaled Saifullah Ayubi to appear before it on December 23 in a case filed over delivering provocative speech at a mahfil in 2020.
Judge Irfanul Haque Chowdhury of Cumilla Cognizance Court-7 fixed the date when the two Hefazat leaders appeared before the court in the case on Sunday, said Advocate Nurul Islam, a counsel of the state.
Read: Charges against Hefazat’s Mamunul in explosive case on Oct 10
On December 17, last year, police filed a case against six people including Mamunul for organizing a mahfil in Chandina upazila of the district without the consent of the local administration and delivering provocative speech at the mahfil.
On April 18, a joint team of Tejgaon Division police and DMP's Detective Branch arrested Mamunul from Jamia Rahmania Arabia Madrasah in Mohammadpur in separate cases.
He was remanded for 18 days in six different cases over rape, vandalism and Hefazat mayhem. Among them, three were filed by the district police, two by the CID, and one by the PBI.
Read: Mamunul sent to jail after remand
Mamunul was held with a woman he claims to be his second wife from a resort in Sonargaon on April 3.
Later, Hefazat leaders claimed that Mamunul went to the resort with his “second wife” where locals confined and harassed him before calling in the police.
Woman sentenced to life imprisonment for husband’s murder in Feni
A court here on Thursday sentenced a woman convicted of her husband’s murder in 2014 to life imprisonment.
District and session Judge Dr Jebunnesa passed the order against Shahnaz Nadia for her role in the murder of her husband businessman Kawsar Mahmud in Feni.
Hafez Ahmed, public prosecutor in the case, said, “We are satisfied with the exemplary sentence given to Shahnaz Nadia in Kawsar Mahmud’s murder case.”
Meanwhile defense lawyer Ahsan Kabir said an appeal will be filed with the higher court as the judgment was given based on confessional statement only.
Also read: 3 get life term for murder in Kushtia
Kawsar’s brother-in-law Saif Uddin Mahmud said they will appeal for death sentence to the convict at the higher court.
Testimonial statements of 17 of the 29 witnesses in the case were recorded by the court in this case including the investigation officers and the plaintiff till September 15 this year.
On April 11, 2014 Kawsar went to visit a doctor with his wife Nadia when some miscreants near Falahia Madrasa in Feni hacked him with a knife and ran away.
Doctors announced him dead after he was rushed to Feni General Hospital.
The next day Kawsar’s father professor Abul Khayer filed a murder case against Nadia and one Md Harun.
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On April 13, 2014 investigation officer of the case Sub-Inspector Md Alamgir Hossain arrested Nadia from her residence.
Accused Nadia confessed to killing Kawsar alone before the court the same day.
On June 7, 2014 the case was handed over to SI Kamrul Islam for investigation.
Meanwhile the other accused of the case Md Harun was murdered by some miscreants.
On October 30, 2015, SI Kamrul Islam filed charge sheet of the murder case against Nadia and Harun.
Jhumon Das gets bail in digital security case
The High Court on Thursday granted interim bail for a year to Jhumon Das in a case filed against him under the Digital Security Act.
A division bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar passed the order. On Tuesday, the High Court fixed Thursday for passing an order on the bail petition of Jhumon in the case.
Read: DSA: Order on Jhumon Das’s bail plea Thursday
Advocates ZI Khan Panna, Nahid Sultana and Ashraf Ali appeared for Jhumon, while assistant attorney general Mohammad Mizanur Rahman represented the state.
“The High Court granted bail to Jhumon, but he has been barred from leaving the country without the court's permission," Mizanur told reporters.
Jhumon has been in judicial custody since March 22, when he was arrested for posting defamatory remarks about then Hefazat leader Mamunul Haque on his Facebook page.
Read:Case under DSA: BNP leader Hafiz gets bail
In fact, on March 17, a group of miscreants carried out an attack on the houses of a minority community in Noagaon village of Shalla upazila over his Facebook post.
On March 16, police detained Jhumon and produced him in a court the very next day, showing his arrest in a case filed under Section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). The court subsequently sent him to judicial custody.
But on March 22, police filed a case against him under DSA at the Shalla police station in Sunamganj and Jhumon was again shown as arrested a day later.
Read:HC grants anticipatory bail to 11 lawyers in a DSA case
On March 30, he was taken on a two-day police remand in the case. On July 18, a magistrate's court rejected the bail petition of Jhumon.
Nearly a month later, Jhumon moved the High Court for bail in the case.
HC bans sale-transfer of Evaly’s property
The High Court on Wednesday ordered a ban on the sale and transfer of movable and immovable property of controversial e-commerce platform, Evaly.
The HC company bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar passed the order after the hearing of an application by customer Farhad Hossain seeking the dissolution of the beleaguered company.
Barrister AM Masum and Barrister Syed Mahsib Hossain presented arguments in favour of the applicant.
After the hearing Syed Mahsib told reporters that custyomer Farhad ordered electronics products from Evaly in May and paid advance. The company provided him a payment receipt as well but he didn’t receive the products.
Read: Writ seeks judicial inquiry into e-commerce scams
Eventually, when Farhad did neither get his money back nor the products he approached the court asking for disbandment of Evaly, he said.
Syed Mahsib further said that besides directing not to sell or transfer the movable and immovable property of Evaly the court issued a notice asking why Evaly will not be terminated.
Defendants have been asked to respond within September 30, the next date set for further hearing.
Evaly Limited, Registrar Joint Stock Companies and Firms, Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, Consumer Rights Protection Bureau, Nagad, Bkash, Bangladesh Competition Commission, E-Cab Association of Bangladesh, BASIS, Bangladesh Bank and Commerce Secretary have been asked to reply to the notice.
Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, the chairman of the platform were arrested on September 16, after a customer named Arif Baker filed a case at Gulshan Police Station alleging that e-commerce platform was not delivering product despite taking advanced payments.
Naimul Abrar death: Tk 100 crore compensation rule against Prothom Alo
The High Court has issued a rule asking why compensation of Tk 100 crore should not be given for the death of 15-year-old Naimul Abrar Rahat, a student of Dhaka Residential Model School and College (DRMSC), who was electrocuted during an event celebrating the anniversary of Prothom Alo’s magazine Kishore Alo.
The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mostafizur Rahman on Tuesday issued the rule.
The writ petition was filed by Abrar’s father and DRMSC authorities seeking Tk 50 crore for the college and another Tk 50 crore as compensation for Naimul Abrar's family.
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Adv. SM Abdur Rauf appeared in favor of the writ petition. Deputy Attorney General Bipul Bagmar represented the state. Abdur Rauf said that the reputation of the college has been tarnished in that incident because the college authorities had signed a contract with Prothom Alo.
The organizers of Prothom Alo were responsible for the electrical system there, according to that contract. For this reason, a writ petition has been filed to pay Tk 50 crore to the college authorities and Tk 50 crore to Abrar's family on which the court has issued a rule, he said.
On November 1, 2019, ninth-grader Naimul Abrar died after being electrocuted during the Kishore Alo’s event at Dhaka Residential Model College. After the incident he was taken to Universal Medical College Hospital in Mohakhali where doctors declared him dead.
READ: HC grants anticipatory bail to 11 lawyers in a DSA case
Then on November 6 of the same year, Naimul Abrar's father Mojibur Rahman filed a murder case against Matiur Rahman, editor and publisher of the daily Prothom Alo and publisher of Kishore Alo.
On November 12 last year, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh ordered the filing of charges against nine people, including Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman, in the case.
Matiur Rahman then appealed to the HC against the charge. Following the hearing of that application, the HC stayed the proceedings in the case of Matiur Rahman.
Tania rape and murder: death sentence against 3 upheld
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of two convicted in the abduction, rape and murder case of Tania, a child in Patuakhali.
A five-judge virtual appellate bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain dismissed the appeal of the convicts and passed the order.
The two convicted in the case are Nur Alam Hawladar alias Pachu alias Sumon alias Nurul Alam, son of Khorshed Hawladar of Gachyani in Dashmina and Md. Miraj Khalifa son of Md. Abu Taher Khalifa. However, another accused in the case, Zafar Ghazi, has already died.
Read: HC upholds death sentence to a couple for murdering a man in Jashore
On September 20, 2005, the three accused abducted Tania, a child of Dashmina police station in Patuakhali district. Later they raped and killed her.
During the investigation of the case, they gave confessional statements. Following the trial, a judge of the Barisal Speedy Trial Tribunal on April 27, 2008 sentenced the three accused to death.
As per the rules, the documents were sent to the High Court for approval of the death sentence. Besides, the accused appealed. Following the hearing of the death reference and the appeal, on February 29, 2012, the High Court approved the death sentence. The convicts later appealed to the Appellate Division but after the hearing on Tuesday, the appeal was dismissed.
DSA: Order on Jhumon Das’s bail plea Thursday
The High Court on Tuesday fixed Thursday for passing an order on the bail petition of Jhumon Das in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.
A HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar fixed the date after hearing on the petition.
Advocates ZI Khan Panna, Nahid Sultana and Ashraf Ali stood for Jhumon Das while assistant attorney general Mohammad Mizanur Rahman represented the state.
Jhumon was arrested in a case filed under DSA for posting defamatory remarks about then Hefazat leader Mamunul Haque on his Facebook page.
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The case was filed with Shalla Police Station in Sunamganj district.
On March 17, miscreants carried out an attack on the houses of minority people at Noagaon village in Shalla upazila over his Facebook post.
On March 16, police detained Jhumon Das and police produced him before a court showing him arrested in a case filed under section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) the next day. Then the court sent him to jail.
On March 22, police filed a case under DSA with Shalla police station and Jhumon was shown arrested in the case on March 23.
READ: HC grants anticipatory bail to 11 lawyers in a DSA case
On March 30, he was taken on a two-day remand in the case.
On July 18, a magistrate court rejected the bail petition of Jhumon.
Later, Jhumon filed a petition with the High Court seeking bail in the case.
Fill 29 vacant doctors’ posts in prisons soon: HC
The High Court on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to speed up recruitment to fill 29 vacant posts of doctors in prisons across the country.
A HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Mustafizur Rahman passed the order during a hearing.
Petitioner lawyer advocate JR Khan Robin said 112 doctors have been recruited against the demand of 141 in the prisons across the country and the court directed the jail authorities verbally to appoint doctors in the vacant posts soon as possible.
READ: HC orders investigation on assets and bank accounts of Rajarbagh Pir
In 2019, advocate JR Khan Robin filed a petition in the form of public interest litigation attaching news reports on the crisis of doctors in 68 jails across the country.
On June 23, 2019, the High Court issued a rule questioning why the failure to ensure the accommodation and health services for the jail inmates will not be announced illegal and directed the authority to submit a report in this regard.
The jail authorities then submitted report saying that there are 24 doctors in different prisons in the country and sought necessary directive to appoint 117 more doctors in prisons.
READ: HC grants anticipatory bail to 11 lawyers in a DSA case
Following the report, the court on January 20, 2020 directed the Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services to appoint the 117 doctors in prison without any delay.
On January 17, the jail authorities in a report informed the court about 29 vacant posts of doctors in country’s prisons.
Evaly CEO remanded again, wife lands in jail
A Dhaka Court on Tuesday placed Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel on a one-day remand in a case filed with Dhanmondi Model Police Station on charge of embezzlement and fraudulence.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque passed the order when police produced him before the court after completion of his three-day remand in a case filed with Gulshan Police Station.
The court also sent his wife Shamima Nasrin, chairman of the company, to jail after expiry of her 3-day remand.
Police produced the duo before the court and sought seven-day remand for each in the case.
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Four to hang for killing Kushtia sub-registrar
A local court on Tuesday sentenced four men to death and another one to life imprisonment for the 2018 gruesome murder of Kushtia Sadar sub-registrar Noor Mohammad Shah.
Kushtia additional district and sessions judge Tajul Islam handed down death sentences to Saidul Islam (37), Faruk Hossain (38), Kamal Sheikh (40) and Mashiul Alam (40), and life term to Monowar Hossain Dablu (38), after holding them guilty of killing Nur Mohammad.
Read:2 get death penalty for killing college student in Barishal
All the five were present in the court when the judgement was pronounced around 11 am. Among the convicts, Monwar and Saidul were employees of the Kushtia Sadar sub-registry office.
Nur Mohammad (50) was hacked to death in his house in Kushtia town on October 8 in 2018. The following day, Kamruzzaman, the brother of the deceased, filed a complaint at the Kushtia Model police station against unidentified accused.
Later, the police arrested four people in connection with the murder and seized sharp weapons and ropes from their possession. The accused later gave a confessional statement in the court.