Barguna police claims to have arrested another suspect in a case filed over the murder of Rifat Sharif.

A Barguna court places Aysha Siddika Minni on a five-day remand in a case filed over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

Police arrest Ayesha Siddika Minni for her alleged involvement with the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

Aysha Siddika Minni, wife of slain Rifat Sharif, has rejected her father-in-law’s allegation that she had a link with the gruesome murder of her husband.

Abdul Halim Dulal Sharif, father of slain Rifat Sharif, yesterday de-manded the immediate arrest of his daughter-in-law Aysha Siddika Minni alleging that she had a hand in the murder.

Police arrested Rifat Farazi, an accused in the sensational Rifat murder case, on Tuesday night, a day after prime accused Nayan Bond was shot dead in what officers said was a gunfight.

Rifat Farazi, one of the key accused who hacked Barguna youth Rifat Sharif to death in front of his wife in broad daylight, has been arrested, a day after prime accused Nayan Bond was killed in a “gunfight”.

Sabbir Hossain Nayan alias Nayan Bond, one of the two attackers who hacked Barguna youth Rifat Sharif to death in front of his wife in broad daylight, has been killed in “gunfight” with law enforcers, police say.

The killers of Barguna’s Rifat Sharif will not be spared, no matter whatever the political party they belong, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says.

Police arrest two more accused including one alleged member of the group which planned and carried out the attack on Rifat Sharif in Barguna town.

Referring to the brutal murder of Rifat Sharif, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque said the ongoing “culture of impunity” and “lengthy legal process” are the reasons behind the rise in such crimes in the country.

The High Court yesterday expressed shock at learning that nobody came forward to protect Rifat Sharif when he was being hacked by assailants, although many captured video footage of the attack.

The two attackers, who hacked Barguna youth Rifat Sharif to death in front of his wife in broad daylight, are listed drug peddlers and accused in multiple narcotics and mugging cases.