Humayun’s Death
Shaon sued
Thirteen days into the death of Humayun Ahmed, his wife, Meher Afroz Shaon, and Mazharul Islam, publisher of Anya Prokash Publication Ltd, were sued in Chittagong yesterday for “killing the litterateur in a planned way”.
Advocate Nazrul Islam, who claims to be a writer, filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate ABM Nizamul Haque’s court in Chittagong.
The court took the charges into cognisance and asked Criminal Investigation Department to submit a report after carrying out an investigation.
The renowned writer and filmmaker died in a New York hospital on July 19 at the age of 64.
In the case statement, the plaintiff claimed that Shaon and Mazharul carried out their pre-planned murder to misappropriate Humayun Ahmed’s cash and property.
On what prompted him to file the case and the basis of his suspicion, Nazrul said it was different news items.
Nazrul also stated the news editors of two dailies, Amar Desh and Azadi, and writer Abdul Hye Shikder as the case witnesses.
News items published in the two dailies and an article written by Hye stated that Humayun Ahmed was not properly treated after falling from a chair on July 17 due to negligence by Shaon and Mazharul, said the plaintiff.
-With The Daily Star input
