A constable was held hostage at the Hathazari madrasa to force the authorities to release the bodies of four people, killed during the March 26 mayhem, without autopsies, according to a case document. The document also described the tension between Hefazat-e-Islam and the administration at Hathazari upazila as violence flared up during the protest against the visit of Indian
DGHS driver Malek’s trial begins in arms case
A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against Abdul Malek, car driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), in an arms case filed with Turag Police Station.
Now, there is no legal bar to start the trial of the case formally.
Abdul Malek sought justice in the court claiming him innocence while Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh framed the charges.
Rapid Action Battalion’s SI Mehedi Hasan pressed a chargesheet against the driver in court on January 11.
On September 20, last year, a team of the elite force arrested Malek from Turag area in the capital alongwith foreign-made pistol, fake currency, a magazine, five rounds of bullets, a laptop and a mobile phone.