Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Saturday granted bail to Shafat Ahmed, son of Dildar Ahmed, one of the owners of Apan Jewellers, in a case filed on charges of raping two private university students in a posh hotel in the capital’s Banani.
Judge Khademul Kayes of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 passed the order on November 7. Earlier, same judge granted bail to him on November 29, last year.
According to the case, being invited to Shafat’s birthday party on March 28, 2017, the two girls went to the Raintree Dhaka hotel in Banani around 9:00 pm. After the rooftop party ended around midnight, two out of five accused
allegedly raped the girls in two separate hotel rooms. Shafat, son of one of the owners of Apan Jewellers, is the main accused in the case.
One of the rape victims filed a case with Banani Police Station on May 6 accusing the five people.
Following the rape allegation, law enforcers arrested the five accused from Dhaka and Sylhet. Of them, Shafat, Nayem, Sakif and Billal gave confessional statements before magistrates on different dates.
A Dhaka court on Saturday granted bail to Shafat Ahmed, son of Dildar Ahmed, one of the owners of Apan Jewellers, in a case filed on charges of raping two private university students in a posh hotel in the capital’s Banani.
Judge Khademul Kayes of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 passed the order on November 7. Earlier, same judge granted bail to him on November 29, last year.
According to the case, being invited to Shafat’s birthday party on March 28, 2017, the two girls went to the Raintree Dhaka hotel in Banani around 9:00 pm. After the rooftop party ended around midnight, two out of five accused
allegedly raped the girls in two separate hotel rooms. Shafat, son of one of the owners of Apan Jewellers, is the main accused in the case.
One of the rape victims filed a case with Banani Police Station on May 6 accusing the five people.
Following the rape allegation, law enforcers arrested the five accused from Dhaka and Sylhet. Of them, Shafat, Nayem, Sakif and Billal gave confessional statements before magistrates on different dates.
