Avijit murder report on March 15

Staff Correspondent: The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday set March 15 for submission of inquiry report in a case filed in connection with the murder of writer and blogger Avijit Roy.

Magistrate Golam Nabi of the CMM Court fixed the new date as Investigation Officer of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police Monirul Islam did not submit the report today (Tuesday).

Avijit Roy, son of Ajoy Roy, a former Professor of the Physics Department of Dhaka University and founder of Muktamona Blog, was killed and his wife Rafida Afrin Banya injured in an attack near the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on the university campus on February 26, 2015. They came under the attack when they came out of Ekushe Boi mela.

Later, Avijit’s father Dr Ajoy Roy lodged the murder case with Shahbagh Police Station in the capital.


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