Verdict of Sagira Morshed murder case deferred

A Dhaka court today deferred till March 13 the delivery of the judgment in a case filed over the murder of Sagira Morshed in Dhaka in 1989.

Judge Mohammad Ali Hussain of the Special Judge's Court-3 of Dhaka set the new date.

The court stenographer Mehedi Hasan confirmed the matter.

The accused in the case are -- Sagira Morshed's brother-in-law Hasan Ali Chowdhury, his wife Sayedatul Mahmuda alias Shahin, Hasan Ali's brother-in-law (wife's brother) Anas Mahmud alias Rezwan, Maruf Reza and Mantu Mandal.

On January 15, 2020, the investigating officer of the case, Police Bureau of Investigation inspector Rafiqul Islam, filed a charge sheet against four people in court.

After long 34 years of Sagira Morshed murder, PBI revealed cause of the murder and is set to press charges against four accused in the case.