N'ganj 7-murder: 24 accused produced before court

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UNB, Narayanganj :
Twenty four accused in Narayanganj seven-murder were produced before a Narayanganj court on Monday.
The accused, including former Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officers Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, Arif Hossain
 and MM Rana, were brought to the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate AHM Shafiqul Islam for a hearing in two cases filed in connection with the seven-murder.
After the day’s proceedings, the court fixed January 22 for the next hearing.
Talking to reporters after the hearing, the Narayanganj Bar Association president Sakhawat Hossain Khan expressed dissatisfaction over the delay in framing the charges against the accused in the cases.
The association members brought out a procession on the court campus on Monday morning, demanding capital punishment of the accused.
On April 27, Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam, his three associates and driver were abducted by miscreants from Fatullah area of Narayanganj. Hours after their abduction, senior lawyer at district Judge’s Court Chandan Kumar Sarker and his driver were also abducted on their way to capital Dhaka.  
Three days into their abduction, the bodies of six people, including that of Nazrul and Chandan Kumar, were recovered from the Shitalakhya River on April 30. Besides, the following day, the body of Jahangir, car driver of Nazrul Islam, was recovered from the river.
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