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Published : 30 Jan 2018, 12:05 AM
A staunch government critic, Farhad was found on a bus in Jessore while travelling from Khulna to Dhaka, 18 hours after he went missing from the capital on Jul 3.
His family alleged in a police complaint, which was later recorded as a case, that he was abducted after he had left home early in that morning.
On Nov 14, investigators filed their report with the court, where they said no truth was found in the claim that the columnist had been abducted and sought permission to prosecute the columnist’s wife for filing a false report.
The final investigation report said the case initiated by Farida is fabricated and it was done in bid to cover up the actual events.
On Dec 7, a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate held a hearing over the probe report and accepted the police’s plea to start a case against the couple.
On Dec 13, the court ordered the couple to appear before it on Tuesday.
On Monday, Farhad and his wife Farida turned themselves to the High Court and moved a bail petition.
“The court granted an eight-week anticipatory bail after they surrendered,” their counsel Asaduzzaman told bdnews24.com.
The couple faces a maximum of seven years in jail as well financial penalties if found guilty.
