Banani double rape: Shafat's bail cancelled
Published : 13 Feb 2019, 17:44
A tribunal in Dhaka today cancelled the bail of Shafat Ahmed, prime accused in the sensational Banani double rape case.
Judge Khademul Kayes of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 passed the order after Chief Public Prosecutor of Dhaka Metropolitan Session's Judge Court M Abdullah Abu submitted a petition seeking cancellation of the bail.
The court sent the accused to jail.
On November 30, a Dhaka court granted bail to Shafat Ahmed in the rape case.
On May 6 in 2017, a university student filed the case with Banani Police Station against five persons including Shafat and Shadman Sakif.
According to the case statement, Shafat and Shadman raped the plaintiff and another woman on March 28 at The Raintree Dhaka in the capital's Banani area while three others assisted them.
The three other accused are Nayeem Ashraf, Shafat's driver Billal Hossain and bodyguard Rahmat Ali.
On January 15, the prosecution submitted a petition to the tribunal seeking cancellation of bail of Shafat.
Source: thedailystar