Court Correspondent :
The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 of Dhaka on Monday fixed June 19 for hearing on whether to take the charges into cognizance against the accused in the case filed for the rape of two private university girls at a Banani hotel.
Judge of the tribunal Shafiul Azam also passed orders to produce the five accused before the court on June 19. Earlier on Sunday, the case was transferred to the tribunal from the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.
On Thursday, police submitted the charge sheet of the case to the court against accused– Shafat Ahmed, Nayeem Ashraf, Sadman Sakif, Shafat’s driver Billal Hossain and his bodyguard Rahmat Ali.
The two university students were allegedly raped at the Raintree Hotel of Banani in the city on March 28. One of the rape victims filed the case with Banani Police Station on May 6 accusing the five. Of them, three have already made statements before different courts confessing to their involvement in the incident.
