A Dhaka court has fixed February 26 for delivering the verdict in a case filed over the tragic death of four-year-old Jihad in the capital's Shahjahanpur Railway Colony in 2014.
Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Dhaka's Fifth Special Judge's Court fixed the date on Wednesday.
The same court framed charges against six people, including five engineers of Bangladesh Railway, in the case on October 4, 2016.
According to the case, Jihad fell into an abandoned deep tube-well shaft, 17 inches in diameter, near his house inside the colony while playing with his friends on December 26, 2014.
His body was pulled out by volunteers around 15 minutes after the fire service called off a near 23-hour search.
On April 17, 2015, SI Abu Zafar, who was investigating the case, submitted a charge sheet against Jahangir and Salam. But on June 4, Jihad’s father filed a no-confidence petition against the charge sheet.
Later, the court ordered further probe into his death. Following the court order, SI Mizanur Rahman of the Detective Branch of police submitted a fresh charge sheet against the six accused on March 31, 2016.
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