A Supreme Court woman lawyer was among 33 people charged on Sunday with terror-financing activities by Bangladesh’s elite anti-crime unit.
A Supreme Court woman lawyer was among 33 people charged on Sunday with terror-financing activities by Bangladesh’s elite anti-crime unit. Shakila Farzana (39) was charged by the Rapid Action Battalion with allegedly funding militant outfit Shaheed Hamja Brigade with $1,37,878 for weapon procurement.
“RAB submitted the charge sheet against Barrister Shakila Farjana and 32 others saying they are linked to (militant outfit) Shahid Hamza Brigade (SHB),” Chittagong police’s court inspector Mashiur Rahman said.
A case was filed under Anti Terrorism Act, 2009 with the local police station in 2015. Earlier, Farzana and 27 others were charged with another case filed under arms act.
The development came more than a month after the SC scrapped a high court order granting bail to Farzana and two other lawyers as investigations were underway for their alleged involvement in terror financing.
The crime busting RAB had arrested Farzana and two of her lawyer associates in Supreme Court on August 15 2015 on charges of financing the SHB. SHB was formed in 2013 with a mission to stage an armed revolution against the “oppression against the Muslims” at home and abroad.
