Chittagong court defers Himu murder verdict again

Additional public prosecutor Anupam Chawkrabarty yesterday told the Dhaka Tribune that court activities would remained suspended today as a “full court reference” will be held in memory of several lawyers. “The new date will be announced today,” he added. A Chittagong court had rescheduled the verdict date last month. The court wrapped up argument in the case on July 16. A German Doberman was let loose on Himu, 18, an A-level student of Summerfield School and College in Chittagong, before he was pushed off from a four-storey building in Panchlaish area on April 27, 2012. He succumbed to his injuries at a Dhaka hospital on May 23. A day later, his maternal uncle Asit Das filed a murder case with Panchlaish police station accusing five persons. The accused are Junaid Ahmed Riad and his father Shah Selim Tipu, Zahedul Islam Shaon, Shahadat Hossain Shaju and Mahbub Ali Khan Danny. Tipu, Danny and Saju are in police custody while Riad is on the run, police sources said. After securing bail, Shaon, too, went into hiding. Police submitted charges before the court against the accused on September 30, 2012. The court indicted them on February 3, 2014. Himu's family and police said he was murdered for his intimate involvement with an anti-drug organisation “Shikor.”