Testimony in the Arms Act case against Rabiul Islam Apon alias Arav Khan, the fugitive accused in the murder case of Special Branch Inspector Md Mamun Emran Khan, has completed.
Detective Branch Sub Inspector (SI) Sheikh Hasan Muhammad Mustafa Sarwar, the investigating officer of the case, testified in the court of Dhaka's Sixth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Murshid Ahmed on Tuesday.
The court fixed April 13 for defence and presentation of arguments. Testimony of 10 out of 20 witnesses in this case has been completed.
According to the complaint in the case, on January 28, 2015, Arav Khan went to his father-in-law's house in Moghbazar to collect money by threatening his father-in-law Sekender Ali. He was arrested in front of his father-in-law's house with a loaded revolver.
Sujan Kumar Kundu, the then sub inspector of Vehicle Theft Prevention and Rescue Team of DB West, filed a case under the Arms Act against Arav in the Ramna Model police station.
On March 1, 2015, DB Sub-Inspector Sheikh Hasan Muhammad Mustafa Sarwar, investigating officer of the case, filed the charge sheet in the court on March 1, 2015, as the allegations against the accused Rabiul Islam Apon were found to be true.
On May 10 of the same year, the court ordered the trial to begin by framing charges against Rabiul. Rabiul got bail in the case on March 14, 2018. After that, the court issued an arrest warrant against him on October 24, 2018, as he was absconding on bail.
