Indictment hearing on June 1

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Police on Sunday pressed charges against the two accused – Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Akter – in the case filed over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter in the capital’s Pallabi area.

Investigating Officer (IO) of the case – Sub-Inspector Ohiduzzaman of Pallabi Police Station – submitted a charge sheet against them before the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in the afternoon.

Earlier in the morning, the accused were produced before the court.

On Saturday, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police handed over the DNA report to the IO.

Meanwhile, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Sunday said the trial in the rape and murder case could be completed within five to seven days.

Ramisa Akter, daughter of Abdul Hannan Molla, was raped and murdered by Sohel Rana, tenant of a neighbouring flat, on Tuesday. According to the case details, the suspect reportedly lured her into his room and later killed her after rape.

Later, Ramisa’s decapitated body was found beneath the bed while her severed head was found hidden inside a bucket in the bathroom.

While Swapna was detained from the scene by neighbours and subsequently handed over to police, Sohel Rana managed to escape by cutting through a window grille.

He was tracked down and arrested by police later Tuesday evening in Fatullah in Narayanganj.

Indictment hearing in Ramisa rape, murder case on June 1

Meanwhile the special tribunal set June 1 for holding a hearing on charge framing in a case lodged over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter in the capital’s Pallabi area.

Judge Masrur Salekin of Dhaka Metropolitan Children Violence Suppression Tribunal passed the order today after accepting the charge sheet filed in the case.

Police earlier in the day submitted the charge sheet against the alleged rapist and killer Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Akter.

Ramisa, a student of class 2 of Popular Model High School, Pallabi was raped and subsequently beheaded by her neighbour Sohel Rana at his flat in Millat Camp area in Pallabi on May 19.

Ramisa’s father filed the case with Pallabi thana next day.