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Ex-MP Awal, 15 others charge-sheeted in Shahin murder case -The Asian Age

 
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Sunday filed a supplementary charge-sheet against 16 people, including former Lakshmipur-1 lawmaker and Islami Ganatantrik Party chairman MA Awal, in a case lodged over the murder of Shahin Uddin in capital's Pallabi area.

The other charge-sheeted accused in the case are- Taher, Supon Bepari, Murad, Titu Sheikh alias Titu, Golam Kibria Khan, Ibrahim Sumon, Shafikul Islam, Roki Talukder, Nur Mohammad Hasan, Ikbal Hossain, Sharif, Torikul Islam, Tuhin Miah, Harunur Rashid and Pratik Ahammed.

Investigation officer and PBI inspector Monir Hossain filed the charge-sheet with general registration wing of the chief metropolitan magistrate court.
The matter is scheduled to be heard on October 12.

The concerned court on May 12, 2022 accepted the naraji petition of victim's mother and asked PBI for investigating the case further and file its report. A total of 13 accused are behind bars in the case and of those, nine have given statement under section 164
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Shahin Uddin was mercilessly hacked to death in broad daylight on May 16, 2021, in front of his son, after being called to resolve a land dispute. His mother Aklima Begum filed the case with Pallabi Police Station the next day.