Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the case filed over the murder of Banglanews24.com Jamalpur district correspondent Golam Rabbany Nadim will be sent to the Speedy Trial Tribunal for ensuring a fair trial within the shortest possible time.
He said this after the inauguration ceremony of a training course for the just-posted judicial magistrates and Metropolitan magistrates at Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) in the capital on Sunday (June 18).
The law minister said; "I want to assure you that justice will be ensured in this case."
Mahmudul Alam Babu, also general secretary of the union's Awami League in Bakshiganj upazila of Jamalpur, was detained from Deviganj Upazila in Panchagarh on Saturday (June 17) morning.
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained him from Char Tistapara of the upazila around 7 am.
Besides, two other accused were also detained with him.
Till now, a total of 13 people were arrested in connection to the alleged murder of Golam Rabbani Nadim.
Earlier in the day (June 17), a case was filed against Mahmudul Alam Babu, chairman of Sadhurpara Union Parishad, and 21 others over their alleged involvement in the killing of Golam Rabbani Nadim.
Nadim's wife Monira Begum filed the case with Bakshiganj Police Station this noon.
She mentioned the names of 22 individuals and 20-25 others as unknown assailants in the case, Banglanews correspondent reports.
Earlier, on Friday (June 16), chairman Babu was suspended from the Awami League for violating party discipline, according to party sources.
Chairman Babu went into hiding after the murder of Nadim.
Banglanews24.com Jamal district correspondent Golam Rabbany Nadim, 42, died on Thursday, a day after he was attacked allegedly by some supporters of a chairman Babu in Bakshiganj.
BDST: 1624 HRS, JUNE 18, 2023
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