Shimu murder case: Defence witnesses to testify on 19 Nov

A Dhaka court has set 19 November for a hearing on the defence witnesses of actor Raima Islam Shimu’s husband, Sakhawat Ali Nobel, and his associate, SM Farhad, in the murder case filed over her death.

Judge Nusrat Jabin Nimmi of Dhaka Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-4 fixed the date, complainant’s lawyer Md Shafiqul Islam Sumon said.

He said the court recorded the statements of the accused under Section 342 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. After their statements were recorded, the accused applied to produce witnesses in support of their defence.

The court subsequently fixed the date for the hearing.

According to court sources, of the 33 witnesses in the case, the court has so far recorded the testimony of 20.

According to the case statement, police recovered Shimu’s body, wrapped in a sack, from bushes beside a road about 300 yards north of Alipur Bridge in Hazratpur Union of Keraniganj on 17 January 2022.

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The investigation found that Shimu was allegedly killed sometime between 7:00am and 8:00am on 16 January 2022, following a marital dispute.

Shimu’s brother, Harunur Rashid, filed the murder case with Keraniganj Model Police Station following the incident.

On 29 August that year, police submitted a charge sheet against the two accused. The court framed charges against them on 29 November of the same year and subsequently began the trial.