Bakul Murder: 3 cops face court
Three court police appeared before a Dhaka court yesterday to explain about the evidence (alamat) of the Rehana Akhter Bakul murder case.
The policemen of Mymensingh Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court submitted three separate petitions to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1, Dhaka seeking time for filing their written explanation.
After the hearing, the judge fixed May 11 for the explanation.
The policemen are Shahid Shokrana, the court inspector, SI Habibur Rahman and former SI Ibrahim Khalil.
Earlier on April 27, Judge Shahed Noor Uddin of the tribunal asked the three policemen to appear before it by yesterday for their explanation why they had destroyed evidence of the murder case before its disposal. Bakul was killed by her husband over dowry at Jatia village in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh on May 7, 1997. Later a murder case was filed.
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