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Shazneen's fifth anniversary of death tomorrow

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
The fifth death anniversary of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman will be observed tomorrow.
Shazneen, 15, the youngest daughter of Latifur Rahman, Chairman of Transcom, was brutally killed at their Gulshan residence on April 23, 1998. She was a student of Scholastica School in the city.
The Shazneen case has been included in the government's list of 100 most sensational cases for speedy trial.
Of the 64 prosecution witnesses in the case, cross-examination of 10
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including the victim's father Latifur Rahman has been completed till now with the hearing adjourned till April 29.
The Women and Children Repression Prevention Act provides for trial of such cases within 90 days.
Cross-examination of only one witness was recorded in the first four years after the sensational murder.
The trial is taking such a long time due to delay in completing crossexamination of the witnesses, said the lawyers concerned. But in the last one year, it has been expedited and the judgement of the case is likely in the next few months.
The witnesses cross-examined included Shajneen's father Latifur Rahman, two sisters -- Simeen Hossain and Shahzreh Haq Shehzibrother- in- law Arshad-ul- Haq and five friends of the victim's father.
The witnesses described in court the brutality of the rape and killing.
Special Public Prosector Arfan Uddin Khan, ABM Sharfuddin Khan Mukul and Mahbub Ahmed appeared for the state. Advocates Mosharaf Hossain Kajol, MA Kamrul Hasan Khan Aslam defended the accused.
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 six persons -- Shahid, Hasan, Shaniram, Badal, Minu and Parvin -- after six months of investigation into the Shazneen murder case.
All the six accused are now in jail.
The case was transferred to the Second Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression, Dhaka last year.
Judge Mohammad Shah Alam Mia of the Special Court for Women and Children Repression Prevention, Dhaka, on May 20, 2000 framed charges against Shahidul Islam alias Shahid as the main accused for rape of Shazneen. Syed Sazzad Moin Uddin Hasan alias Hasan, the alleged mastermind, Badal, Shaniram Mondol, Parveen and Estema Khatun alias Minu have been charged with abetting the crime.
The murder case, pending with the First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, Dhaka was earlier stayed by an order of the Supreme Court. The order will remain valid till disposal of the rape case.