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Four bloggers sent to jail

AsianetApril 11, 2013 15:03

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent four bloggers, arrested on charges of making derogatory comments about Islam and Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) through the Internet, to jail.Passing the order, Metropolitan Magistrate M Erfan Ullah also fixed April 15 for further hearing of two bail petitions filed by the lawyers of the accused in the presence of the investigation officers.They are: Asif Mohiuddin, Moshiur Rahman Biblop, (online pseudonym ‘Allama Shaitan’), Russell Parvez, 36, (‘Apobak’) and Subrato Shuvo, 25, (`Lalu Kasai’).DB inspectors Mynul Islam and M Sazzad Hossai

Money Laundering Cases: Destiny official on 7-day remand

AsianetApril 5, 2013 13:58

A court here on Thursday placed Akbar Hossain Sumon, Treasurer of Destiny Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, on a weeklong remand in connection with two money laundering cases.Deputy Director of Anticorruption Commission Mozahar Ali Sarder, also investigation officer of the case, produced him before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Jainab Begum with a 10-day remand prayer, but the court granted for seven days of remand.Earlier on March 1, Sumon appeared before the court with a bail petition.

Defendants' lawyers in the spotlight in Indian rape case

Thomson ReutersJanuary 13, 2013 08:30

By Frank Jack Daniel and Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - In a grubby room, one wall lined with legal tomes, a father and his son leaf through thick case files in preparation for the trial of their lives - defending the main accused in a gang-rape that outraged India and caused shock waves around the world. The small New Delhi legal firm, with its headquarters in a cramped office above a local bank, has been thrust into the international spotlight after being appointed to represent bus driver Ram Singh.