Naimul Abrar's death

Prothom Alo editor gets HC bail for four weeks

FE REPORT | January 21, 2020 00:00:00

Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman (Second from left) coming out of High Court in the city on Monday after securing a four-week anticipatory bail in a case filed over the death of the Dhaka Residential Model College student Naimul Abrar Rahat — Focus Bangla

The High Court (HC) on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Bangla daily Prothom Alo editor and publisher Matiur Rahman for four weeks in the case filed in connection with the death of Residential Model College ninth-grader Naimul Abrar Rahat.

The court ordered Matiur Rahman to surrender in the trial court later.

The HC also asked the trial court to consider Matiur Rahman's bail in the case as the charge brought against him is bailable.

Besides, the HC ordered the law enforcing agencies not to arrest or harass the other five accused- Prothom Alo's associate editor Anisul Hoque, Kabir Bakul, Shubashis Prmanik, Mohitul Alam and Shah Poran Tushar, till charge framing in the case as their names are not in the case statement.

The HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq passed the order after holding a hearing on a bail petition filed by them.

Barrister M Amir-ul Islam and Advocate Sumaya Aziz appeared in the court on behalf of the accused while Additional Attorney General Momtaz Uddin Fakir stood for the state.

Naimul Abrar Rahat was electrocuted and fell unconscious when he was enjoying a function marking founding anniversary of the youth magazine Kishor Alo at Residential Model College around 3:30 pm on November 1, 2019.

Doctors of the Universal Hospital declared Naimul dead at 4:51 pm.

On November 6, 2019, Naimul's father Md Mojibur Rahman filed a case with a Dhaka court alleging that his son died due to 'negligence' of the Kishor Alo authorities.

If Naimul had been taken to the nearby hospital immediately, he could have been saved, Naimul's father Mojibur Rahman said in the case complaint.

Investigation officer of the case and also Sub-inspector of Mohammadpur Police Station Md Abdul Halim submitted a report in the trial court on January 16, saying investigation found negligence of the 'Kishor Alo' authorities behind the death of Naimul Abrar.

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