Murder accused Kausar, who escaped from a Dhaka court, sent to jail in new case
A court has ordered Kausar Mia, a murder case accused who escaped from the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, to be sent to jail in a new case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Hasan Shahadat passed the order on Thursday (12 November).
On the day, the case's investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Sufal Kumar of Kotwali police station in the capital, produced Kausar before the court and applied for him to be kept in jail. The judge then ordered him sent to jail.
Earlier, on 10 November at noon, Kausar escaped from the dock of Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court-1 in Dhaka after removing his handcuffs. The same day, Ripon Molla, the in-charge of the lockup of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, filed a case against him at Kotwali police station.
Two days after the escape, he was re-arrested from his own home late on Wednesday night.
Kausar had been brought from Kashimpur jail in Gazipur for a testimony hearing in a murder case of Dakshinkhan police station. During the hearing he was taken from the lockup to the courtroom. But as no witness was present, the court set the next date for testimony. While preparations were being made to take Kausar back from the courtroom to the lockup, he slipped past the police personnel on duty and escaped.
The case allegations say that on 20 July 2020, 17-year-old Alo was stabbed to death in the Dakshinpara area of Dakshinkhan in the capital. The next day, her father Rabiul Islam filed a case against unidentified persons. During the investigation, police arrested Kausar from the Tongi area on the same day. The next day he gave a confessional statement in court.
After the investigation, Sub-Inspector Sujan Chandra Karmakar of Dakshinkhan police station submitted a charge sheet against Kausar on 30 June 2021. The trial began on 20 July 2022 with the framing of charges. So far in this case, the slain Alo's father Rabiul Islam and her elder sister Rabbina Akter have testified.
