13 acquitted in Rajshahi Dipankar murder case
A court in Rajshahi has acquitted 13 persons in a case filed over murder of Dipankar Saha, who was simply brutally beaten to death in Hamirkutsa camp beneath the leadership of the then JMB leader Bangla Bhai in Bagmara upazila in 2004.
District special judge of Court-1 Mst Ismat Ara acquitted all of the accused on Wednesday afternoon as allegations against them weren't proved, said public prosecutor Shafiqul Islam.
From the total 18 accused, the chief of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhaihad already been executed in other murder cases while four more accused died through the 16-year-long trial of the case.
Meanwhile, the other 13 were acquitted where 12 were present and another was tried in absentia.
In line with the case statement, Dipankar Saha was taken to a torture cell of terrorist Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai on 29 April 2004 where he was beaten dead.
Dipankar's father Dwijendranath Saha filed a murder case with Bagmara Police Station the same day.
Following the deposition of 37 witnesses, these were acquitted as the witnesses cannot identify them, said the public prosecutor.
