Court testimony in the case of rape and murder of the sensational child Ramisa has started in the capital. At around 10:40 a.m. today, Tuesday (June 2), the plaintiff in the case and Ramisa’s father, Abdul Hannan Mollah, began testifying in the court of Judge Masrur Salekin of Dhaka Metropolitan Child Violence Prevention Tribunal.
While testifying, he expected justice from the court and demanded maximum punishment for the accused involved. According to court sources, today Ramisa’s father and several other important witnesses of the case will testify in the court. The witness list includes the magistrate who recorded the confession of prime accused Sohail Rana, the coroner and the post-mortem doctor, the evidence collection officer and local neighbours.
Earlier, the main accused in the case Sohail Rana from Keraniganj Central Jail and his wife Sapna Khatun from Kashimpur Jail were produced in the court under tight security around 9:15 am today. At first they were kept in the courtroom of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court, but when the formalities of taking evidence began, they were taken directly to the courtroom.
Notably, on Monday (June 1), the same court ordered the formal charge against the two defendants in the case, Sohail Rana and his wife Sapna Akhtar. A total of 17 witnesses in the case were summoned to appear in court for the first day of testimony.
