Charge hearing in Tipu-Preeti murder case ends, order on April 29

Thursday (April 25) was scheduled to hear the charge of the case in the court of Special Sessions Judge-3 Mohammad Ali Hossain of Dhaka.

On this day, their lawyers applied for discharge (continuance) on behalf of 26 accused and bail on behalf of 19 accused. After the hearing, the judge fixed April 29 for the charge and bail order.

The investigation officer of the case, DB Police Inspector Yasin Shikder filed the charge sheet in the name of 33 people on June 5 last year. In the investigation, the allegations against 34 people were found to be true. However, as the full name and address of one accused named Axel Sohail was not available, the investigation officer applied for exemption from the case.

The accused in the charge sheet are – Dhaka Metropolitan South Awami League Organizing Secretary Golam Ashraf Talukder, Dhaka South City Corporation Ward No. 10 Councilor and Awami League Leader Maruf Ahmed Mansoor, Underworld Top Terrorist Jisan Ahmed Montu, Freedom Manik alias Zafar, Chief Coordinator Suman Sikder Musa, Shooter Masum Mohammad Akash, Shamim Hossain, Taufiq Hasan aka BD Babu, Ward No. 10 Jubo League Expelled President Maruf Reza Sagar, Chhatra League Former Convener Arifur Rahman aka ‘Ghatak’ Sohail, Motijheel Thana Jatiya Party Leader Zuber Alam Khan Robin, Hafizul Islam Hafiz, Habibullah Former convenor of Bahar College Chhatra League, Sohail Shahriar, Mahbubur Rahman Titu, Nasir Uddin Manik, Moshiur Rahman Ikram, Yasir Arafat Saikat, Abul Hossain Mohammad Arfan Ullah Imam Khan, Sekandar Shikdar Akash, former general secretary of Motijheel Thana Chhatra League Khairul Islam Matbar, Abu Saleh Shikdar, Killer Nasir, Omar Farooq, Mohammad Maruf Khan, Ishtiaq Ahmed Jitu, Imran Hossain Jitu, Rakibur Rahman Rakib, Morshedul Alam Palash, Rifat Hossain, Sohail Rana, former leader of Ward Jubo League Aminul, Samsul Haider Uchhal and former president of Ward number 11 Kamruzzaman Babul.

The court accepted the charge sheet in the name of 33 people on June 20 last year. After that the case came to this court for further trial as it was ready for hearing.

Among the accused, Musa, Shooter Akash and Nasir Uddin gave a confessional statement in the court. Among the accused, 19 are in jail, 7 are on bail and 7 are absconding.

On March 24, 2022, around 10:15 PM, Motijheel AGB Colony former general secretary of Awami League Zahidul Islam Tipu and college student Preeti were killed by unidentified miscreants in front of Shajahanpur Amtala Islami Bank Hospital on their way home from the restaurant. At that time Tipu’s driver was also shot.

Tipu’s wife Farzana Islam Dolly filed a case in this incident. The accused in the case are unknown.