A Dhaka court yesterday recorded the cross-examination of one Kazi Galibul Islam in the case filed over the killing of blogger Rajeeb Haider. Galibul is Rajeeb’s cousin.
Judge Syeed Ahmed of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 recorded the cross-examination of the prosecution witness and fixed June 17 for recording depositions of other witnesses.
Defence counsels Mosharraf Hossain Kajal and Khairul Islam Liton cross examined the witness. With this, two witnesses have given deposition in the murder case.
On May 21, the same court framed charges against Mufti Jasim Uddin Rahmani, chief of banned Islamist militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, and seven students of the North South University (NSU).
The NSU students are Redwanul Azad Rana, Md Faisal Bin Nayem alias Dweep, Maksudul Hasan alias Anik, Md Ehsan Reza alias Rumman, Nayem Sikdar alias Iraj, Nafis Imtiaz and Sadman Yasir Mahmud.
Of them, Rana is on the run while the rest of the accused are now in jail.
On January 28, 2014, Nibaran Chandra Barman, inspector of police’s detective branch (DB), submitted a charge-sheet before court against the eight.
Ahmed Rajeeb Haider, an activist of the Shahbagh movement, was hacked to death in Pallabi area of the capital on February 15, 2013. After the murder, his father Dr Nazimuddin filed the case with Pallabi police station.
