DHAKA: The report submission date has been deferred till June 18 in the case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and its three other leaders ‘in connection with killing people’ during the hartal blockade.
 
Sunday was scheduled for the submission of the report.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Maruf Hossain re-fixed the date as officer-in-charge of Gulshan Thana did not submit the report on the day.

The other accused are – BNP vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, its standing committee member Rafiqul Islam Mia, and BNP chairperson’s adviser Emajuddin Ahmed, also the former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University.

Earlier on February 2, Bangladesh Jananetri Parishad president AB Siddique filed the murder case.
 
On the day, a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court took into its cognizance the case filed against the four accused and ordered Gulshan Thana to investigate the killings.

The BNP-led 20-party alliance enforced blockade and sporadic hartals from January 5 to February 1, killing 42 people by burning and injuring many others.

BDST: 1712 HRS, MAY 17, 2015
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