Twaki murder accused bail stayed

The Supreme Court has stayed for two weeks the bail granted to an accused in Narayanganj’s Tanveer Mohammad Twaki murder case. The Appellate Division’s Chamber judge Justice Hasan Foez Siddique issued the order on Tuesday. On June 24, a High Court vacation bench had granted bail to accused Saleh Rahman Simanta. But the jail authorities withheld his release on learning of the appeal against the HC order. Twaki, the son of Rafiur Rabbi, organiser of the Ganajagaran Mancha in Narayanganj, was killed on March 6 last year. His body was found in a canal leading off the Shitalakhyya River two days later. Rabbi filed a case against unknown people with the Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station. Later, he lodged a written complaint to the Narayanganj SP on March 20, accusing seven people, including Member of Parliament and Awami League leader Shamim Osman, his son Ayon Osman, district Juba League’s Zahirul Islam Parvez, Chhatra League leaders Rajib Das, Mizanur Rahman, Saleh Rahman Simanta and Rifaat. Rabbi alleged his son had been tortured to death in the office of Shamim Osman’s nephew Azmeri Osman. Police recovered a pair of blood-stained jeans from the office on August 7 last year. Shamim Osman, however, denied his family’s role in the murder, according to a news agency.