A Dhaka court yesterday rejected a bail petition of Oishee Rahman in a case filed against her on charges of murdering her father Mahfuzur Rahman, a Special Branch inspector, and her mother Swapna Rahman last year.
Judge ABM Sajedur Rahman of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 passed the order after hearing the petition filed by defence counsel Prokash Ranjan Biswas.
The court also fixed November 30 for hearing on fresh charges framing against three accused – Oishee and her friends Mizanur Rahman Rony, Asaduzzaman Jony – in the case, Special Public Prosecutor Mahabubur Rahman told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.
On November 12, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judges’ Court shifted the case to the speedy trial tribunal as per a home ministry’s order to dispose of the case quickly.
On August 16 last year, the couple were found murdered at Chamelibagh residence in the capital. They had lived in the rented house with their two children—Oishee and Oihee, 7, and their housemaid Sumi. DB Inspector Abul Khair Matubbar, also the investigation officer of the case, pressed two separate charge sheets with Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka on March 9 this year.
According to the charge sheets, Oishee is the lone accused in the killing. Jony instigated the incident and Rony gave her shelter after the murder.
Oishee, Jony and Rony are now in jail while Sumi has been freed on bail. Her trial is going on in a Dhaka juvenile court as Sumi is now under 18-year-old.
