The hearing on charge framing was scheduled for today.
TBS Report
25 October, 2026, 02:35 pm
Last modified: 25 October, 2026, 02:37 pm
A Dhaka court has deferred the hearing on the framing of charges in the murder case of Nurul Islam Faruqi, an Islami Front leader and television presenter, to 8 November.
Today (25 October), Dhaka Ninth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shahidul Islam set the new date after the hearing, Bench Assistant Abdul Karim confirmed.
The hearing on charge framing was scheduled for today. However, accused Hadisur Rahman alias Sagar, who is in jail, was not produced in court. The court therefore postponed the hearing until 8 November.
On 5 November 2024, the case's investigating officer, Additional Special Superintendent of Police KM Abul Kashem of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), submitted a charge sheet against six people. The charge sheet also recommended dropping charges against 12 others.
The accused named in the charge sheet are Hadisur Rahman alias Sagar, Abdullah Al Tasnim Nahid, Rafiqul Islam Fardin, Abu Rayhan Mahmud Abdul Hadi, Mahmud Ibn Bashar, Ratan Chowdhury, also known as Engineer Ripon, and Rakibul Islam Riaz.
Abdullah Al Tasnim Nahid, Engineer Riaz alias Ripon, and Abu Rayhan Mahmud Abdul Hadi, who are out on bail, appeared in court today.
Two other accused, Mahmud Ibn Bashar and Rafiqul Islam Fardin, remain absconding. Arrest warrants have been issued for them.
According to the case statement, at around 7pm on 27 August 2014, some assailants rang the doorbell of Faruqi's house.
After the door was opened, two men entered and sat with him in the drawing room. Shortly afterwards, another six or seven people entered the house.
As Maruf Hossain, Faruqi's nephew, went inside to bring chairs because there was not enough seating, he returned to find the accused holding a pistol and a machete to Faruqi's head.
The assailants then tied up everyone in the house and hacked Faruqi to death.
Following the incident, his son Faisal Faruqi filed a murder case at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station against eight to 10 unidentified people.
Faruqi presented the religious programmes "Kafela" and "Shantir Pothe" on Channel i and the live programme "Sotyer Shondhane" on MyTV. He was also the international affairs secretary of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat Bangladesh and the khatib of the Supreme Court Jame Mosque.