Charge sheet in Rifat murder case likely Sept 3

A Barguna court today set September 3 for submission of charge sheet in Rifat Sharif murder case.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Gazi Sirajul Islam fixed the new date of charge sheet submission when police sought more time today, our Patuakhali correspondent reports.

The law enforcers were scheduled to submit the charge sheet today but they could not as they are yet to finalise it, said defence lawyer Golam Mostafa.

Fourteen accused, who gave confessional statement in connection with the case, were produced before the court around 10:30am today. Four more accused are still on the run, according to police.

Twenty-five-year-old Rifat, an internet services provider, was hacked to death in broad daylight on June 26 in Barguna town. A video footage of the incident shows Minni trying in vain to save her husband from the attackers.

The prime accused, Sabbir Hossain Nayan, also known as Nayan Bond, was killed in a so-called gunfight with police on July 2 in Barguna.