Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday deferred again the verdict in the case filed in connection with murder of housewife Zakia Begum of Gopalganj to February 24.
As Judge Zakir Hossain of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 of Dhaka fell sick on Thursday, he deferred the verdict for the third time.
The accused of the case are victim Zakia’s husband Morshedayan Nishan, Nishan’s brother Ehsan Sushan, Nishan’s brother-in-law Hasan Sheikh and Manager Anisur Rahman. Of the accused, Nishan has been on the run since the beginning of the case, but other accused were granted bail.
Nishan was the Gopalganj representative the Machranga Television and the editor of local daily Amader Gopalganj.
Of the witnesses, 20 testified in the case. On January 13, both prosecution and the defense completed their arguments in the case when the court fixed January 27 to give the verdict. On the date, the court cancelled the bail of three accused and sent them to the jail while
the prime accused Nishan was on the run.
Nishan married Zakia in 2006 and they got a child. The accused were torturing Zakia, who was tolerating everything in the interest of her child. The accused claimed Taka one crore from Zakia to buy a flat for him in Dhaka but the victim refused their claim. The accused were torturing Zakia as she could not fulfill their illegal claim for dowry.
At last on February 4, 2016, at night, the accused drove Zakia from her bedroom and took her to their kitchen, where they hacked her to death inhumanly.
Later, victim’s father Jalal Uddin Mallick filed the murder case with Sadar Police Station of Gopalganj against the accused.
