Court Correspondent :
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge of Feni, Mamunur Rashid yesterday (Monday) recorded the depositions of more witnesses of the case filed over the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
Before her death Nusrat wrote a letter for her two friends- Bibi Zaheda Tamanna and Tanjina Begum Sathi. After her death, Assistant Police Super Md Shamsul Alam of CID’s Hand Writing Expert Branch had examined the letter and CID Sub-Inspector Ranajit Sarker had countersigned the letter and he certified the signature as his own. However, Shamsul Alam could not countersign the letter yesterday as he is yet to return to the country on completion of the Hajj.
Meanwhile, public prosecutor Hafez Ahmmad on Monday told the court that the misdeeds of suspended Principal Siraj-Ud-Dowla was clearly expressed in the letter, Nusrat wrote to her two friends. She high lightened how Siraj violated her.
Of the 92 witnesses, the court recorded the depositions of 85 till Monday. Nusrat’s elder brother Mahmudul Hasan Noman is the complainant of the case. On Thursday also, all the 16 accused were produced in the court amidst tight security to avoid any kind of untoward situation. The court is scheduled to record the depositions of the witnesses on Tuesday again.
Earlier, on May 29, the PBI pressed charges against 16 persons including prime accused Siraj-Ud Daula, the principal of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa and Awami League leader Ruhul Amin over the killing of Nusrat. The PBI pressed charges dropping the names of five persons, out of the total 21 accused of the case. They submitted an 808-page charge sheet in the court of Magistrate Jakir Hossain.
Of the 16 accused mentioned in the charge sheet, 12 have already given their confessional statements in the concerned magistrate courts. Other accused persons are- Nur Uddin, 20, Shahdat Hossain Shamim, 20, Maksud Alam alias Moksud Al councilor,50, Saifur Rahman Mohammad Jobayer, 21, Jabed Hossain alias Sakhwat Hossain Jaber,19, Hafez Abdul Kader, 25, Afsar Uddin,33, Kamrun Nahar Moni, 19, Umme Sultana Popy alias Tuhin alias Shampa alias Champa,19, Abdur Rahim Sharif, 20, Eftekhar Uddin Rana, 22, Imran Hossain alias Mamun, 22, Mohammad Shamim, 20 and Mohiuddin Shakil,20.
On April 6, Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 18, was set afire at an examination centre of Alim examination allegedly by students loyal to Principal Siraj Ud Doula of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa after he was arrested and subsequently suspended as Rafi had accused him of sexually harassing her.
After fighting for her life for five days, Nusrat succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital on the night of April 10, five days after the heinous incident.
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge of Feni, Mamunur Rashid yesterday (Monday) recorded the depositions of more witnesses of the case filed over the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
Before her death Nusrat wrote a letter for her two friends- Bibi Zaheda Tamanna and Tanjina Begum Sathi. After her death, Assistant Police Super Md Shamsul Alam of CID’s Hand Writing Expert Branch had examined the letter and CID Sub-Inspector Ranajit Sarker had countersigned the letter and he certified the signature as his own. However, Shamsul Alam could not countersign the letter yesterday as he is yet to return to the country on completion of the Hajj.
Meanwhile, public prosecutor Hafez Ahmmad on Monday told the court that the misdeeds of suspended Principal Siraj-Ud-Dowla was clearly expressed in the letter, Nusrat wrote to her two friends. She high lightened how Siraj violated her.
Of the 92 witnesses, the court recorded the depositions of 85 till Monday. Nusrat’s elder brother Mahmudul Hasan Noman is the complainant of the case. On Thursday also, all the 16 accused were produced in the court amidst tight security to avoid any kind of untoward situation. The court is scheduled to record the depositions of the witnesses on Tuesday again.
Earlier, on May 29, the PBI pressed charges against 16 persons including prime accused Siraj-Ud Daula, the principal of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa and Awami League leader Ruhul Amin over the killing of Nusrat. The PBI pressed charges dropping the names of five persons, out of the total 21 accused of the case. They submitted an 808-page charge sheet in the court of Magistrate Jakir Hossain.
Of the 16 accused mentioned in the charge sheet, 12 have already given their confessional statements in the concerned magistrate courts. Other accused persons are- Nur Uddin, 20, Shahdat Hossain Shamim, 20, Maksud Alam alias Moksud Al councilor,50, Saifur Rahman Mohammad Jobayer, 21, Jabed Hossain alias Sakhwat Hossain Jaber,19, Hafez Abdul Kader, 25, Afsar Uddin,33, Kamrun Nahar Moni, 19, Umme Sultana Popy alias Tuhin alias Shampa alias Champa,19, Abdur Rahim Sharif, 20, Eftekhar Uddin Rana, 22, Imran Hossain alias Mamun, 22, Mohammad Shamim, 20 and Mohiuddin Shakil,20.
On April 6, Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 18, was set afire at an examination centre of Alim examination allegedly by students loyal to Principal Siraj Ud Doula of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa after he was arrested and subsequently suspended as Rafi had accused him of sexually harassing her.
After fighting for her life for five days, Nusrat succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital on the night of April 10, five days after the heinous incident.
