Shafat gets bail

A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to Shafat Ahmed, prime accused in the sensational Banani double rape case.

Judge Khademul Kayes of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 passed the order following a bail petition filed by Shafat's lawyer Kazi Nojibullah Hiru, said Chief Public Prosecutor of Dhaka Metropolitan Session's Judge Court M Abdullah Abu.

On May 6 last year, a university student filed the case with Banani Police Station against five persons including Shafat and Shadman Sakif.

According to the case statement, Safat and Shadman raped the plaintiff and another woman on March 28 at The Raintree Dhaka in the capital's Banani area while three others assisted them.

The three other accused are Nayeem Ashraf, Shafat's driver Billal Hossain and bodyguard Rahmat Ali.