33 indicted in case over Shahjahanpur double murder

 A Dhaka court has framed charges against 33 in a case lodged over the murder of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity in the capital's Shahjahanpur area on March 24, 2022.

Judge Ali Hossain of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 passed the order on Monday.

The court also set May 21 for recording deposition of the witnesses.

The 33 accused include Counsellor of ward-10 of Dhaka South City Corporation, Maruf Ahmed Monsur, Dhaka South City unit Awami League organizing secretary Ashraf Talukder, Khairul Islam, Juber Alam Khan Robin, Sohel Shahriar, Maruf Reza Sagar, fugitive top terror Jisan and Freedom Manik, Kamruzzaman Bablu, Kailla Palash, Aminul, Sohel, Sumon Shikder Musa, Soikat, Shikder Akash, Imran Hossain Jitu, Molla Shamim, Rakib, BD Babu, Omar Faruk, Killer Nasir, Rifat, Ishtiak Hossain Jitu, Mahbubur Rahman Titu, Hafiz, Masum, Rana Molla and Nasiruddin Manik.

Tipu was on his microbus leading to his Khilgaon home. When his vehicle got stuck in traffic, he was shot dead by a masked assailant in the capital's Shahjahanpur area.

Samia Afran Prity, who was riding by rickshaw passenger, also got shot by stray bullets and died on the spot. 

later, Tipu's wife Farhana Islam Dolly filed murder case with Shahjahanpur Police Station.

/MHK/