Security in Barguna has been stepped up ahead of the verdict in Rifat Sharif murder case on Wednesday.
Additional police personnel have been deployed in and around the court premises and several check-posts were also set up at different points of the town.
Rifat’s wife Aysha Siddika Minni was produced before the court around 8:45 in the morning while other accused were produced around 11:40am.
Earlier on September 16, Barguna District and Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman fixed September 30 for delivering the verdict in the case after concluding arguments for and against the 10 adult accused.
According to court sources, after the testimony of 76 witnesses against 10 adults accused in the case, the court accepted defense witness behalf of one accused. The concerned lawyers then presented arguments in the court against all the accused.
The 10 adult accused are- Rakibul Hasan Rifat Faraji, Al Qayyum alias Rabbi Akon, Mohaiminul Islam Sifat, Rezwan Ali Khan Hridoy alias TikTok Hridoy, Md. Hasan, Md. Musa, Ayesha Siddika Minni, Rafiul Islam Rabbi, Md. Sagar and Kamrul Islam Simon.
On June 26 in 2019, Rifat Sharif, 22, was brutally hacked by a group of individuals in broad daylight in Barguna town, while his wife Ayesha Siddiqua Minni was trying to save him. He died from his injuries at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital later in the evening.
The next day, Rifat’s father filed a murder case with Barguna Sadar police station.
On September 1, police submitted two separate chargesheets against 24 people, including 10 adults and 14 juveniles.
On January 1, 2020, Md Asaduzzaman of Barguna District and Sessions Judges Court framed charges against 10 people including Ayesha Siddika Minni in the case.
On January 8, Judge Md Hafizur Rahman framed charges against 14 accused juveniles in the case.
Slain Rifat’s wife Ayesha Siddika Minni is now on bail.
In the first chargesheet for 10 adults, Md Rakibul Hasan alias Rifat Faraji was made the No one accused and Minni No seven; and in the second one for 14 minors, Md Rashidul Hasan Rishan alias Rishan Faraji, brother of Rifat Faraji, was made the No one accused.
Police, however, dropped the name of the prime accused, Sabbir Ahmed nayan alias Nayan Bond, from the first chargesheet since he was killed in a reported gunfight on July 2.
BDST: 1255 HRS, SEP 30, 2020
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