Not time to interfere in Minni’s remand yet: HC

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Bangla Tribune Report
Published : 16:40, Jul 18, 2019 | Updated : 18:08, Jul 18, 2019

A general view of the Supreme Court building of Bangladesh. File Photo/Sazzad HossainThe High Court has expressed reluctance in intervening in scrapping the remand of Ayesha Siddiqa Minni, the wife of Barguna broad daylight murder victim Rifat Sharif.
The bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice Kamrul Kader made the remarks on Thursday (Jul 18), after lawyer Faruk Hossain brought a news report on no lawyer defending Minni to the court’s attention.
“We don’t want to intervene in the case yet. You still have the chance to move the lower court and also appeal to change the court,” the court said.
The court said that they can still appeal for the court to be tried in High Court under the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Lawyer Faruk Hossain said that Minni, who is the key witness in the case is distressed but is being tortured in the name of questioning and has now been arrested and put on remand.
“The key witness has been arrested to save the real culprits behind the incident,” he said and added that her remand should be scrapped.
“The case is still in trial. We won’t interfere yet,” the court said to his argument.
A group of assailants stabbed Rifat Sharif to death in front of his wife outside Barguna Government College on the morning of Jun 26.
A video of the attack later went viral on the internet, which sparked nationwide outrage. Two men were seen hacking Rifat with sharp weapons as his wife Minni desperately tried to save him.
He was taken to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
In the same day, the victim’s father, Dulal Sharif, started a case against 12 people, including key suspects Sabbir Ahmed Nayan alias Nayan Bond and Rifat Farazi.

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