The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has lodged the charge sheet of the murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and pressed charged against sixteen people.
Investigator Shah Alam filed the charge sheet with the court of Feni Senior Judicial Magistrate Zakir Hossain on Wednesday (May 29) afternoon.
The accused are SM Siraj-ud-Daula, 57, Nur Uddin, 20, Shahadat Hossain Shamim, 20, Maksud Alam, 50, Saifur Rahman Mohammad Jobayer, 21, Javed Hossain aka Shakhawat Hossain Javed, 19, Hafez Abdul Kader, 25, Absar Uddin, 33, Kamrunnahar Moni, 19, Umme Sultana who also went by Poppy and Shompa, 19, Abdur Rahman Sharif, 20, Iftekhar Uddin Rana, 22, Imran Hossain aka Mamun, 22, Mohammad Shamim, 20, Ruhul Amin, 55 and Mohiuddin Shakil, 20.
Out of the 16 accused, 12 have already provided confessional statements under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
According to PBI there are 92 witnesses in the case, seven of whose statements have been recorded under section 164.
Nusrat, who was an Alim examinee, suffered 80% burns when she was set on fire on Apr 6 on the roof of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa, for refusing to withdraw sexual assault charges against now suspended madrasa principal Siraj-ud-Daula.
After she was set on fire, her family filed another case against eight people, including Siraj, on Apr 8.
The 18-year-old girl died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Apr 10, after battling with burn injuries for five days.