Banani rape: Court accepts charge-sheet against 5

Staff Correspondent: A court here on Monday accepted the charge-sheet submitted by police against five accused in a case filed over rape of two private university students in a Banani hotel.

Judge Md Shafiul Azam of Second Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression accepted the charge-sheet.

The court also fixed July 9 for next hearing in the case.

Earlier on June 7, Ismat Ara Ame, inspector of women support and investigation centre of Dhaka metropolitan police, submitted the charge-sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court.

The five accused are Shafat Ahmed, Nayem Ashraf, Sadman Sakif, Shafat's driver Billal Hossain and his bodyguard Rahmat Ali.

The two university girls were raped at the Raintree Dhaka hotel at Banani of the capital on March 28 last.

One of the rape victims filed a case with Banani Police Station on May 6 accusing the five people.


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