Banani Rape: Charges pressed against Shafat, Nayeem, 3 others

Police today pressed charges against five people including Ahmed Shafat and his friend Nayeem Ashraf in the Banani double rape case.

The three other accused are Ahmed Shafat’s driver Billal Hossain, bodyguard Rahmat alias Azad and associate Shadman Sakif.

Inspector Ismot Jahan Ame of victims support center, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge-sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka today, the deputy commissioner (Prosecution) at the CMM court confirmed.

In the charge-sheet, the IO said the rape charges brought against the five accused were primarily proved and they should be brought under trial.

Of the accused, Shafat, son of an Apan Jewellers owner, and three others had earlier confessed to the rape.

Source: thedailystar