A Khulna court has accepted charge sheet against three people in the murder of teenage boy Rakibul Islam Rakib in Khulna.
Metropolitan Magistrate Faruk Iqbal took the charges into cognisance on Sunday afternoon.
The court sent the case documents to District Sessions Judge's court for trial.
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It also fixed September 22 for recording witness deposition in the case.
On August 25, police submitted the charge sheet against garage owner Md Sharif, Mintu Miah, and Sharif’s mother Beauty for the murder.
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On August 3, 12-year-old boy Md Rakibul Islam was viciously killed by the trio in the city’s Tutpara area because he had left employment at their garage and taken up a job elsewhere. Rakib's former employers pumped air through his rectum to kill him.
Following the death, outraged locals broke into the garage and beat up the three before handing over to police.
On the next day, Rakib’s father launched a murder case with Sadar police station against the three.