Include provision to try 7-murder conspirators: HC to lower court

The High Court today asked the trial court concerned in Narayanganj to include relevant section of the penal code for trying the offences of criminal conspiracy in sensational seven murder case.

The court also observed that the investigation officer of the case has legal rights to hold further investigation into the case and can submit supplementary charge sheet to the trial court in the interest of justice.

There is no need for passing any directives for further investigation into the case, the court said.

The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain passed the order after disposing of a revision petition seeking further investigation into the case.

Selina Islam Beauty, wife of former Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam who was one of the seven victims killed following their abduction in April last year, filed the revision petition with the HC on November 23 following the rejection order of the no-confidence plea.

In the petition, Selina claimed the detectives submitted the charge sheet dropping the name of five people mentioned in the complaint. Besides, many other names were also dropped although their involvement was found with the killings during the investigations, she said.

Earlier on April 8, detectives submitted the charge sheet of the seven-murder case against 35 naming local Awami League leader Nur Hossain as the prime accused.

The 35 include 25 members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) including ex-top officials Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, Arif Hossain and SM Masud Rana.

In April last year, seven people including Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker were abducted.

Their bodies were later found floating on the Shitalakkhya river. Gutted and the abdomen filled with stones, they were dumped in the river.