A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to an accused in the murder case of Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Shapna Rahman.
Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 Judge Syeed Ahamed granted the bail to Oishee’s friend Mizanur Rahman Rony, 25.
Rony’s counsel Md Shahidul Islam said that the Investigation Officer brought charge against Rony under Section 112 of the Penal Code for giving shelter to the key accused in the case, so the court granted him bail as he would not know about the murder.“The key accused in the case. Oishee= also did not mention his name in the confessional statement she made to the court under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.”
The tribunal has so far recorded depositions of four prosecution witnesses, out of 57, and fixed April 6 to record the depositions of other witnesses of the case.
According to the case statement, the decomposed bodies of Mahfuzur and Swapna were found at their Chamelibagh residence in the capital on August 16, 2013. On September 18, 2013, detectives arrested Oishee’s friend Rony.
On March 9 last year, DB Inspector Abul Khair Matubbar, the Investigation Officer of the case, submitted two charge sheets, one against Oishee and her friends Jony and Rony, while the other was submitted against domestic help Sumi to the CMM Court of Dhaka on November 12 last year, The case was later shifted to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 in accordance with a decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs. – Court Correspondent
