A Dhaka tribunal today cancelled the bails of three people, including businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai and issued arrest warrants against them in a case filed over the murder of popular film actor Sohel Chowdhury in December 1998.
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A Dhaka court today framed charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and its Managing Director Masud Parvez in a case filed over possessing Tk 1.145 lakh in fake notes in July this year.
Shahed and Masud, now in jail, pleaded not guilty and demanded justice after Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge s Court of Dhaka read the charges to them.
The judge set March 15 for starting trial of the case.
On November 3 last year, Mohammad Zakir Hossain, a sub-inspector of Rab-1 and also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate s Court of Dhaka, showing 13 people as prosecution witnesses.
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Today, the prosecution told the court that they were able to prove the charges brought against the accused.
However, the defence appealed to the court to acquit their clients from the charges, saying that the prosecution failed to prove charges in the case.
Earlier, the court recorded statements of 17 out of 22 prosecution witnesses including the complainant of the case.
On November 1 of 2017, 46-year-old Shamsun Nahar and her son Shaon, an A-level student, were murdered at their home in the capital s Kakrail area.
They were murdered due to family dispute over property, according to the case documents.
On November 2 that year, Ashraf Ali, brother of Shamsun Nahar, filed the murder case with Ramna Police Station against Abdul Karim, Mukta, Johny and several other unidentified people.