A court in Dhaka has scrapped the bail plea of Shafat Ahmed, the son of Apan Jewellers, in a case filed over the rape of two private university students at a hotel in Banani.
On Wednesday (Feb 13), Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Khadem Ul Kayes scrapped his bail and ordered him to be sent to jail.
On Jun 7 last year, Inspector Ismot Ara Ame of the Women Support and Investigation Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, also the investigating officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet in the case naming five accused, including Shafat Ahmed.
Of the five accused, Shafat Ahmed and Nayem Ashraf were indicted for rape, while three others -- Shadman Sakif, Shafat’s driver Billal Hossain, and bodyguard Rahmat Ali---were charged with assisting in the rape.
According to the case dossiers, the two victims went to The Raintree Dhaka around 9 pm on March 28, 2017 after being invited to Shafat’s birthday party. After the rooftop party ended, around midnight, two of the five accused raped the girls in two hotel rooms.