A Khulna court has taken into cognisance the charge sheet in child Rakib murder case and set October 5 to frame charges against the three accused.
Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court acting judge Dilruba Sultana passed the order Tuesday after a hearing.
The court also rejected the bail petitions filed in favour of the accused, said Md Mominul Islam, counsel for the plaintiff.
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The accused – Sharif Motors owner Md Sharif, his mother Beauty Begum and so-called uncle Mintu Miah – were produced before the court during the hearing. They earlier confessed to the killing of the child separately.
Family members of Rakib also witnessed the case proceedings Tuesday.
Mominul, coordinator of the Khulna unit of Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights, is running the case on behalf of Rakib’s family.
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On August 3, Md Rakibul Islam died after his former employer Sharif and two other accused tortured him to death in the city’s Tutpara area. Sharif also pumped air through his rectum allegedly for leaving work at the motorcycle garage and taking up a job elsewhere. The were arrested the same night.
Rakib's father Nurul Islam filed the case the following day against the trio. Police submitted the charge sheet on August 25 naming 40 people as prosecution witnesses. A metropolitan magistrate accepted the charges on September 6 and sent the case to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court for trial.
Meanwhile, Rakib's family members Tuesday alleged that they had been threatened by the accused and their relatives with dire consequences for filing the case.
After the hearing, they engaged in an altercation with the relatives of the accused outside the court. Later, the police held Abul Kalam Khan and Nargis Begum to take the situation under control.