Chattogram Bureau,
bdnews24.com
Published: 17 Dec 2020 08:10 PM BdST
Updated: 17 Dec 2020 08:10 PM BdST
The family of the late Hifazat-e Islam supremo Shah Ahmed Shafi have accused the radical Islamist group s influential leader Mamunul Haque and 35 others of murdering their former chief through mental torture. );
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Md Moin Uddin, the brother-in-law to the late Hifazat supremo Shafi, started a case against the 36, mostly followers of the hardline group’s current chief Junaid Babunagari, with the court of Chattogram Senior Judicial Magistrate Shiplu Kumar Dey on Thursday.
The court has accepted the petition and ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation to submit a report in a month, said Abu Hanif, the lawyer for the plaintiff.
Ahmad Shafi’s Death: Hefajat leader Mamunul, 35 others sued for ‘murder’
Shah Ahmad Shafi
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Thirty-six people, including Mamunul Haque, a top Hefajat leader, were sued yesterday over killing the former chief of the Islamist outfit Shah Ahmad Shafi.
The case comes at a time when Hefajat-e Islam, under its new leadership with Junayed Babunagari as the ameer, has taken to streets opposing the construction of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman s sculptures.
Safi s brother-in-law Md Moin Uddin filed the case with the court of Judicial Magistrate Shiplu Kumar Dey of Chattogram around noon yesterday, claiming that Safi was murdered in a pre-planned manner.