Tipu murder: Accused sent to jail after surrender

A Dhaka court today sent expelled Dhaka city (south) AL Organising Secretary Golam Ashraf Talukder to jail after rejecting his bail petition in the case filed over the murders of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and Samia Afran Jamal Prity in March last year.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ashek Imam passed the order after the accused surrendered before it through his lawyer, seeking bail in the case.

The prosecution opposed the bail plea saying that Golam Ashraf is a charge-sheeted accused and another Dhaka court on June 20 issued arrest warrant against him.

Upon hearing both the sides, the magistrate turned down the bail petition and ordered to send him to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.

Md Yasin Sikder, a DB inspector, also the investigation officer of the case, on June 5 submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka.

On March 24 last year, the criminals opened fire at Tipu's car in the capital's Shahjahanpur area, leaving the AL leader and college student Prity dead.

Tipu was the former general secretary of Motijheel AL.