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Published: 10:44, 21 February 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Rana among two put on 5-day remand

Rezwanul Azad Rana

Staff Correspondent: Blogger Rajib murder mastermind Rezwanul Azad Rana and his associate Ashraf have been put on a five-day remand.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Majharul Islam granted the remand plea on Tuesday noon.

Investigation Officer of Uttara West Thana Monirul Islam sought 10 days remand for them.  

Counter Terrorism Unit of Police arrested blogger Rajib murder mastermind Rana, who got death in the case, and his associate Ashraf from Uttara area in the capital on Monday noon.

Rajib Haidar, a blogger and activist of Shahbagh movement, was hacked to death on February 15, 2013, at Pallabi area of Mirpur in Dhaka.

A Dhaka court on December 31, 2015, handed down death penalty to two people -- Rana, 34, and Faisal Bin Nayem alias Dweep, 24, -- for killing Rajib Haider. They have also been fined Tk 10,000 each.

The court also awarded different jail terms to six others, including the chief of banned Islamist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, in the case.

Rana, the mastermind behind the killing, and Dweep hacked Rajib to death.



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