A Dhaka court on Wednesday revoked the bail pleas of three people accused of murdering Awami League leader Zahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afran Prity and ordered their imprisonment.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman cancelled the bail of the accused after their lawyer filed an appeal for bail extension.
The same court had granted them ad-interim bail until Wednesday on April 18.
The accused are Md Maruf Khan, Mahbubur Rahman Titu, a former local Chhatra League leader, and Maruf Reza Sagor.
During the hearing, the investigation officer informed the court that four other suspects in the case had provided confessional statements implicating Maruf, Mahbubur and Sagor in the murders. As a result, the officer requested the cancellation of their bail.
The defense, on the other hand, argued that their clients were falsely accused.
After hearing both sides, the judge revoked the bail and ordered the accused to be sent to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.
On the night of March 24, Awami League politician Zahidul Islam Tipu, who was on a microbus, and Samia Afran Prity, a 22-year-old college student, who was returning home on a rickshaw, were killed in a firing in front of Islami Bank Hospital at Shahjahanpur.
Tipu was a former general secretary of the Awami League Motijheel committee and Prity was a student of Begum Badrunnesa Government College. Tipu's driver was also injured in the firing.
So far, police have arrested 25 individuals in connection with the killings.
