Hira, Biplob denied bail in Kunio killing case

A Rangpur court on Monday denied the bail petition of two suspects in Japanese national Kunio Hoshi killing case.

Advocate Aftab Uddin and advocate Badrul Islam Bibbu submitted bail petition for their clients, Rashed-un-Nabi Khan Biplob and Humayun Kabir Hira, in the morning.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Shafiul Alam rejected the bail petition of Biplob and Hira and passed an order to send them to jail again after the hearing at around 1:30pm.

The court also fixed November 16 as the next date for hearing.

On October 19, Biplob was produced before the same court and denied bail.

Advocate Aftab Uddin, lawyer for Biplob, claimed that his client was not involved in the killing as police could not prove it.

He also added that his client's name was not mentioned in the case. The court, however, again denied bail to Biplob, Aftab added.

Law enforcers detained Humayun Kabir Hira and also picked up Rashed-un-Nabi Khan Biplob from his house on October 3.

Later, both of them were shown arrested on October 5 and placed on a ten-day remand.

Police produced Hira before a senior judicial magistrate's court after his 25 days remand in three phases on October 28, and recorded his statement under Section 164.

The court sent him to jail. 

Assistant Public Prosecutor Advocate Jahangir Hossain Tuhin, who pleaded for the state, said it was a sensational murder. The court sent the duo to jail after hearing.