Police have submitted a charge sheet to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court against Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Akter in connection with the rape and murder of a child named Ramisa Akter in Pallabi, Dhaka. The charge sheet was filed on Sunday afternoon by Sub-Inspector Ohiduzzaman, the investigating officer of Pallabi Police Station. Deputy Police Commissioner Ashis Bin Hasan of the prosecution department confirmed the submission. Both accused were presented before the court earlier in the day and later kept in the custody of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court.

According to the case details, police recovered Ramisa’s body from a flat in Pallabi’s Section 11 on May 19. Investigators allege that Sohel killed the child after raping her and then fled by cutting through a window grill, while his wife remained at home. Ramisa’s father, Abdul Hannan Molla, filed the case the same day naming both as accused. The Dhaka Bar Association has decided not to provide legal assistance to the defendants.

A hearing on the court’s acceptance of the charge sheet is scheduled to take place shortly.