Seven more testify over Nusrat murder

Seven more witnesses testified before a tribunal in Feni on Sunday over the murder of madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi, reports UNB.

Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Mamunur Rashid recorded their statements, said public prosecutor Hafez Ahmad.

Those who testified are Rafiqul Quader, superintendent of Feni District Jail, Md Shahnewaj, Md Ripon and Chhobiranjan Tripura, prisoners of the jail, Mosharraf Hossain, Golam Maula and Monir Hossain.

With this, 58 witnesses out of total 92 have so far made their depositions in the sensational murder case, he said.

Meanwhile, Gias Uddin Nannu, the lawyer of an accused in the case, filed a contempt of court petition with the court against a Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) officer.

He alleged that PBI’s additional superintendent of police Moin Uddin recently stated that witnesses in the murder case were being threatened.

“The remark is clearly contemptuous,’’ the lawyer said, seeking remedy from the court.

Nusrat was set on fire on 6 April for her refusal to withdraw a case filed against her madrasa’s principal Sirajuddoula accusing him of sexually harassing her. She died on 10 April at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The trial of the murder case formally got underway on 27 June with the deposition of first witness Mahmudul Hasan Noman, the brother of the deceased and also a plaintiff in the case.