Sylhet court now to frame charges over ex-finance minister Shah AMS Kibria murder July 14 

Hearing on framing of charges in a case over the murder of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria has been deferred.

Sylhet Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 6 July 2015, 12:47 PM
Updated : 6 July 2015, 01:39 PM

Only five of the 14 accused, arrested over the case, were produced before the Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal at the scheduled hearing on Monday.
 
Special Public Prosecutor Kishore Kumar Kar said the court ordered that all the accused be produced before it on July 14 for hearing.
 
Eight are now out on bail and 10 others are absconding among the 32 accused in the case.

Kar said former Sylhet City mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury could not be produced before the court because he was taken ill.
 
Former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and the other accused could not be produced as they were scheduled to appear before other courts, he said.
 
The case was transferred to the tribunal for speedy disposal.
 
On Jan 27, 2005, Kibria was fatally wounded in a grenade attack while he was returning from a rally in Habiganj Sadar. He died on the way to Dhaka.
 
His nephew Shah Monjurul Huda, Awami League leaders Abdur Rahim, Abul Hossain and Siddique Ali were also killed. Over 100 party activists were also injured in the attack.
 
That very night, the then general secretary of the Habiganj Awami League unit, Abdul Majid Khan, filed two cases over the attacks – one over the killings and the other over use of explosives.

After three investigations, the case’s investigation officer, Sylhet's ASP Meherun Nesa Parul submitted a supplementary chargesheet to the court on Dec 21, 2014.
 
She accused 35 persons including BNP chief Khaleda Zia's former political secretary Harris Chowdhury, the then Sylhet Mayor Ariful Haq Chowdhury and Habiganj Mayor GK Gaus.
 
The court sent them to jail while the government temporarily removed them from the offices of mayor.