Charges pressed against SC lawyer Shakila, 27 others

Shakila Farjana

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) filed the charge sheet to Chittagong Senior Judicial Magistrate Court, Lt Col Miftah Uddin Ahmad, commanding officer of Rab-7, told our Chittagong correspondent.

The Supreme Court lawyer was arrested from capital Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area in February along with two other lawyers for funding a Chittagong-based militant outfit. She is also an accused in another case over militancy funding.

On February 19 last year, Rab raided “Al Madrasatul Abu Baka”, a training centre for the militants of the outfit. Two days later, a training camp was discovered in Banshkhali upazila in Chittagong and arms and ammunition were recovered from there.