Court accepts chargesheet against 33 in Tipu-Prity murder

A court in Dhaka has accepted a chargesheet against 33 people in the case over the sensational murder of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity at Shahjahanpur in Dhaka.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury took cognizance of the chargesheet on Tuesday.

Dhaka city south unit AL organizing secretary Ashraf Talukder and several leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League, Juba League, Jatiya Party and city corporation councillor, are among those against whom the chargesheet was accepted.

Tipu, the former general secretary of Motijheel Thana Awami League, was on his microbus destined for his Khilgaon home on the night of March 24 last year. He was shot dead by a masked assailant in the capital's Shahjahanpur area as his vehicle got stuck in traffic.

Rickshaw passenger Samia Afran Prity was also shot by stray bullets and died on the spot. Tipu's driver Munna was shot in his hand in the incident.

Tipu's wife Farhana Islam Dolly filed a murder case with Shahjahanpur Police Station.

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