The Dhaka Bar Unit of the pro-BNP Bangladesh Nationalist Lawyers' Forum has announced it will not defend any of the accused in the murder case of scrap dealer Md. Sohag. At a press conference on Monday, the forum said this stance was taken in protest of the “brutal killing” and to reject what they called politically motivated attempts to smear BNP. They called for a speedy trial and urged all lawyers to refrain from defending the accused.