A Barguna court has rejected a petition seeking bail for Aysha Siddika Minni in the case over the daylight murder of her husband Refat Sharif in Barguna.
Minni is the key witness of the murder that took place in front of Barguna Govt College on June 26 in broad daylight.
Judge Asaduzzaman of Barguna District and Sessions Judge’s Court passed the order after hearing of the petition for four hours starting from 11am, defence lawyer Advocate Mahbubul Bari Aslam told our Jhalokathi correspondent.
Md Humayun Kabir, the investigation officer (IO) of the case, produced the case documents before the court during the hearing.
On June 26, 23-year-old Rifat Sharif was attacked in broad daylight, by a group of assailants wielding long, with sharp weapons in Barguna town's College Road area, while his wife desperately tried to save him.
He later died of excessive bleeding, caused from the wounds he sustained during the attack, according to a post-mortem examination conducted at Barisal Medical College Hospital.
The video of the attack later went viral on the internet and it sparked outrage across the country.
Rifat’s father Dulal Sharif filed a case with police against 12 people. Police have so far arrested 15 people in connection with the murder.
Prime accused Nayan Bond was killed in a gunfight with police on July 2.