UNB, Habiganj :
A court here on Saturday issued warrants for arrest against 11 people, including former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’ s political secretary Harris Chowdhury and incumbent Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury, in the Shah AMS Kibria murder case.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Rashid Ahmed Milon passed the order after taking cognisance of the supplementary charge-sheet filed against 35 people by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police.
Three of the accused have been dropped from the charge-sheet while 21 are shown arrested, eight on bail and 11 remain fugitive.
The supplementary charge-sheet submitted by CID assistant superintendent of police Meherunnesa Khanam on November 13, implicating former State Minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s political secretary Harris Chowdhury and Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury, in the Kibria murder case. In yesterday’s hearing, the court also rejected the bail petition of BNP leader and former junior minister Lutfozzaman Babar in the case.
Meanwhile, local activists of Awami League and BNP locked horns in clashes on the court premises after the court accepted the supplementary charge-sheet. Both groups hurled brickbats towards each other, injuring 15 people. Later, police brought the situation under control. Advocate Alamgir Bhuiyan and Abdul Mazid Khan appeared for the complainant during the hearing, while advocate Saleh Uddin for the accused.
A court here on Saturday issued warrants for arrest against 11 people, including former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’ s political secretary Harris Chowdhury and incumbent Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury, in the Shah AMS Kibria murder case.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Rashid Ahmed Milon passed the order after taking cognisance of the supplementary charge-sheet filed against 35 people by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police.
Three of the accused have been dropped from the charge-sheet while 21 are shown arrested, eight on bail and 11 remain fugitive.
The supplementary charge-sheet submitted by CID assistant superintendent of police Meherunnesa Khanam on November 13, implicating former State Minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s political secretary Harris Chowdhury and Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury, in the Kibria murder case. In yesterday’s hearing, the court also rejected the bail petition of BNP leader and former junior minister Lutfozzaman Babar in the case.
Meanwhile, local activists of Awami League and BNP locked horns in clashes on the court premises after the court accepted the supplementary charge-sheet. Both groups hurled brickbats towards each other, injuring 15 people. Later, police brought the situation under control. Advocate Alamgir Bhuiyan and Abdul Mazid Khan appeared for the complainant during the hearing, while advocate Saleh Uddin for the accused.
