Lawyer Mostafizur Rahman Khan appeared on behalf of the editor in court, while Deputy Attorney General Saifuddin Khaled represented the state. Abrar was electrocuted during an event organised by Prothom Alo’s youth magazine Kishor Alo on the school campus in November 2019. "Charges were later framed against nine people on Nov 12 but the court acquitted Kishor Alo Editor Anisul Haque." His father Mujibur Rahman filed a case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka on Nov 6 alleging that negligence on part of the organisers led to his son’s death. On Jan 16, Inspector Abdul Alim of Mohammadpur Police Station submitted an investigation report on the case naming 10 people and mentioning the ‘negligence’ of the Kishor Alo authority for Abrar’s death.

Source: bd News24 December 13, 2020 07:07 UTC