Charge sheet of Zafar Iqbal attack case Thursday

Police will press charges on Thursday against six people in connection with the attack on noted writer Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, officials said.

Sylhet Metropolitan Police additional commissioner Paritosh Ghosh disclosed this at a press conference at the commission office on Wednesday afternoon.

Paritosh said police will submit a charge-sheet before the court under sections 8, 11, 12 and 13 of the Anti-terrorism Act.

The six people are : Faizul Hasan Foyez, Faizul's father Hafez Maulana Atiqur Rahman, mother Minara Begum, brother Enamul Hasan, maternal uncle Md Fazlur Rahman and friend Sohagh Miah.

The senior police official said that Faizul had planned to kill professor Zafar Iqbal 3-4 months back and had been looking for chance to kill him.

Faizul swooped on Zafar Iqbal and stabbed him with a knife at Shahajalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) campus during a celebration programme, 'Robofight,' of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department on 3 March.