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ANANTA MURDER CASE

Family awaits justice

Charge framing tomorrow, 3yrs after his death

Our Correspondent, Sylhet
Yesterday marked three years into the murder of science writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy Das by "radical Islamists" in Sylhet but charges are yet to be framed against the accused.
On May 9 last year, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) pressed a supplementary charge sheet to a Sylhet court accusing six persons and acquitting ten others in a case filed over the murder.
After several hearings, the court is all set to indict the accused tomorrow (May 14), said Advocate Misbah Uddin Siraj, public prosecutor of Sylhet court, adding that it will accelerate the progress of the case.
Meanwhile, family members of Ananta claim that justice is being delayed, and the hope of getting justice is becoming slimmer by the day.
Shamar Bijoy Shee Shekhar, brother-in-law of Ananta and also a lawyer, said, “All we want is to see the real murderers are punished soon, so that no one has to meet the same fate Ananta did."
The accused in the charge sheet are Shafiur Rahman Farabi, 31; Mannan Yahya alias Mannan Rahi, 25; Abul Khaer Rashid Ahmed, 25; Abul Hossain alias Abul Hussain, 25; Harunur Rashid, 26, and Faisal Ahmed, 27.
Mannan Rahi and Abul Khaer are students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust). Mannan confessed before a court on September 2, 2015 that he along with Khaer and three others hacked the blogger with a machete for his write-ups "promoting freethinking".
Abul Hossain, Faisal Ahmed and Harunur Rashid are on the run. The court on June 20 last year ordered to attach their property.
Last hearing of the case was held on April 14 this year, when the court denied bail plea of Farabi and set May 14 as the charge formation date, said the public prosecutor.
Ananta Bijoy Das was hacked to death by a group of youths in Subidbazar area near his residence in Sylhet on May 12,2015, when he was on a walk to his office with his sister.
Banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) claimed responsibility online for the murder.
Ananta's brother Ratneswar Das filed a murder case accusing some unnamed persons with the airport police station the next day, and the investigation was later handed over to CID.
On October 18, 2016, Arman Ali, inspector of CID and investigation officer of the case pressed a charge sheet but the court rejected the charge sheet and ordered CID to reinvestigate the case and file a supplementary
charge sheet, which was filed on May 9 last year.
Ananta Bijoy completed his education from Sust. He was the editor of freethinkers' magazine Jukti and also wrote several books on science and free thought. He was also an organiser of "Biggan and Juktibadi Council" and Gonojagoron Mancha in Sylhet.
REMEMBERING ANANTA BIJOY
To commemorate Ananta Bijoy, a wall-painted monument named "Ananta, Anantakal..." was built on the spot where he was hacked in broad daylight.
His well-wishers, friends and cultural-social-political activists gathered at the place around 11:00am yesterday, to pay tribute on his death anniversary.
Gonojagoron Mancha also held a candlelit vigil in front of Sylhet Central Saheed Minar in the evening, to commemorate Ananta.