Court rejects bail plea of slain Rifat's wife Minni
Monday, 22 July 2019
Aysha Siddika Minni has been denied bail in the case over the daylight murder of her husband Rifat Shorif in Barguna, reports bdnews24.com.
Barguna Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Sirajul Islam Gazi rejected her bail plea after a hearing on Sunday.
Minni, a student of Barguna Government College, had been arrested over her alleged involvement in the plot to murder Rifat before giving a confessional statement in the same court on Friday.
Her father Mozammel Hossain Kishore, however, alleged that she was 'coerced' into giving the statement following "torture in police custody".
Following her arrest on July 17, no lawyer had come forward to represent Minni in court but on Sunday, 13 lawyers stood for her in the bail plea. However, Minni was not present in court for the hearing.
District Bar Association General Secretary Mahbubul Bari Aslam had filed the bail plea on behalf of Minni. Two lawyers from Ain o Salish Kendra and seven others from Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) have accompanied Aslam during the hearing.
"The suspects in the Rifat Shorif murder case have said in their statements that, Minni was involved in the daylight murder of her husband. The court has denied her bail on the basis of these statements," Aslam told reporters after the hearing.