A Dhaka court on Tuesday (February 20) deferred till March 13 the delivery of the judgment in a case filed over the murder of Sagira Morshed in Dhaka in 1989.

Judge Mohammad Ali Hussain of the Special Judge's Court-3 of Dhaka set the new date as the judgment has not been prepared today.

The four accused in the case are -- Sagira Morshed's brother-in-law Hasan Ali Chowdhury, his wife Sayedatul Mahmuda alias Shahin, Hasan Ali's brother-in-law (wife's brother) Anas Mahmud alias Rezwan and Maruf Reza.

On January 16, 2020, the investigating officer of the case, Police Bureau of Investigation inspector Rafiqul Islam, filed a charge sheet against four people in court.

After long 34 years of Sagira Morshed murder, PBI revealed cause of the murder and is set to press charges against four accused in the case.

Sagira, aged 34, was shot dead in broad daylight on July 25, 1989.  She was going to Viqarunnisa Noon School on the capital’s Bailey Road by a rickshaw to pick up her daughter Saharat.

BDST: 1232, FEB 20, 2024
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