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Shazneen case

Cross-examination of elder sister ends, hearing resumes Jan 19

COURT CORRESPONDENT
Cross-examination of Simeen Hossain, third prosecution witness in the Shazneen rape case and elder sister of the victim, by lawyers of the three accused -- Hasan, Minu and Parvin--was completed yesterday.
Kazi Rahmat Ullah, Judge of the Second Special Court for Prevention of Women and Children Repression, Dhaka recorded the statements during the crossexamination for over three hours.
After the cross-examination by the lawyers of the accused-- Hasan, Minu and Parvin-- Simeen was cross-examined by the lawyers of the accused Badal and Shaniram.
The court then adjourned the hearing till January 19.
During the cross-examination Simeen told the court that on September 27, 1998, police took Shahid to her parents' house where he narrated the incident voluntarily. Shahid said that Hasan, another accused in the case, hired him (with
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money), to rape and kill Shazneen.
"Shahid told us that Shaniram helped him in escaping from the spot after the incident," said Simeen in her statement as recorded by the investigation officer of the Shazneen murder case on May 2, 1998.
Shazneen Tasnim Rahman, 15, youngest daughter of Latifur Rahman, Chairman of Transcom, was raped and murdered at their Gulshan residence on April 23, 1998.
Latifur Rahman filed a murder case with the Gulshan Police Station on April 24, 1998, accusing Shahidul Islam alias Shahid, a domestic help at his residence.
ASP of the CID Mojibur Rahman filed a rape case with the same police station accusing Shahid, Hasan, Shaniram, Badal, Minu and Parvin, after six months of investigation into the Shazneen murder case.
All the six accused, Shahid, Hasan, Shaniram, Badal, Minu and Parvin, now in jail, were produced in the court yesterday during the cross-examination.
Special public prosecutors (PPS) Arfan Uddin Khan, Mahbub Ahmed, Saima Khanam and Assistant PP Anisur Rahman appeared for the state, while advocates Mosharraf Hossain Kajal, Mohammad Hanif, Mizanur
Rahman, Anwarul Kabir Babul, MA Kamrul Hasan Khan Aslam and Abdus Salam Bhuiyan appeared for the accused.
The Shazneen murder case, pending with the First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, Dhaka was earlier stayed by an order of the High Court. The stay order will remain valid till disposal of the rape case.
Meanwhile, Shehzi , another sister of the victim, and fourth prosecution witness in the case, appeared in the court yesterday to face cross-examination by the defence lawyers.