STAFF CORRESPONDENT

A special tribunal in Dhaka yesterday completed recording witness testimony in a single day in the case filed over the rape and murder of eight-year-old schoolgirl Ramisa Akter.

The proceeding came just a day after charges were framed against prime accused Sohel Rana, 31, and his wife, Swapna Khatun, 26, over the May 19 crime that sparked nationwide outrage and prompted the government to pledge swift justice.

Judge Masrur Salekin of the Children Violence Suppression Tribunal in Dhaka Metropolitan recorded statements from 16 prosecution witnesses, bench assistant Pankoj Peter Gomes told The Daily Star.

The witnesses included the victim’s parents and elder sister, three neighbours, a doctor, a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate and the investigating officer, said Special Public Prosecutor Azizur Rahman Dulu.

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