Apratim Murder: Cumilla's lawyers will not fight on behalf of the defendants

It has been decided that no member of the District Bar Association will participate in the legal battle on behalf of the defendants in the murder case of Ishayat Shahriar Apratim, the only son of Nahida Begum, Associate Professor of the Bengali Department of Cumilla University. The leaders of the association stated that this decision has been taken from a humanitarian perspective.

Four days after the Apratim murder, on Tuesday (September 22) afternoon, at a joint discussion meeting of the District Bar Association and the university administration in the conference room of Cumilla University, the association's president Md. Sahid Ullah and general secretary Md. Mahabubul Haque Khandaker announced this decision.

Present at the meeting were Cumilla University Vice-Chancellor Professor M M Shariful Karim, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Amjad Hossain Sarkar, Treasurer Professor Mohammad Belal Uddin, Cumilla Court Public Prosecutor (PP) Kaimul Haque Rinku, leaders of the District Bar Association, and students. In it, demands were made for a fair trial for the Apratim murder and to ensure the maximum punishment for the persons involved.

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