A special tribunal on Sunday adjourned till March 24 the hearing in the case lodged over murder of blogger and writer Abhijit Roy.
Dhaka Anti-terrorism Special Tribunal Judge Md Mujibur Rahman set the date as no witnesses appeared before the court to testify.
The tribunal on August 1, 2019, framed charges against six militants including sacked army Major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque.
The accused in the case are sacked Major Zia, Mozammel Hossain alias Saimon, Abu Siddique Sohel, Akram Hossain alias Abir, Md Mukul Rana, Md Arafat Rahman and Shafiur Rahman Farabi. All of them are leaders of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), reports BSS.
Of the six accused, sacked army Major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque alias Zia and Akram Hossain alias Abir are yet to be arrested and arrest warrant issued against them on April 11, 2019.
The tribunal on April 11 accepted charge sheet filed against the six in the case and dropped name of 15 from the list of accused.
Persons, whose names were dropped from the list of accused, are- Sadek Ali alias Mithu, Mohammad Touhidur Rahman, Aminul Mallik, Zafran Hasan, Julhash Biswas, Abdur Sabur alias Raju Sad, Mainul Hasan Shamim, Manna Yahia alias Mannan Rahi, Abul Bashar, Mukul, Rana, Selim Hasan, Ali alias Khalil, Anik and Antu.
Investigation officer (IO) of the case and inspector of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Monirul Islam on March 13 filed the charge sheet before the court.
Fugitives Major Zia and Akram are the masterminds of the killing while Farabi was charged for instigating the murder. Md Mukul Rana alias Shafiqul Islam alias Hadi, who was involved in the killing, died in a shootout with Detective Branch (DB) of police.
ABT men hacked Avijit to death on Dhaka University campus when he along with his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya was returning from the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on February 26 of 2015. His wife Bonya suffered critically injuries in the attack.
