The Metropolitan Child Violence Suppression Tribunal in Dhaka held a self-defense hearing today, Wednesday.
Following the conclusion of this hearing, Judge Masrur Salekin scheduled closing arguments for tomorrow, Thursday. Pankaj Peter Gomes, bench assistant of the concerned court, confirmed this to Prothom Alo.
The officials produced Sohail and Swapna from the jail to the court premises on Wednesday morning and detained them in the court lockup.
At around 10:45 am, officers brought Sohail to the courtroom, followed by Swapna at 11:00 am. The judge ascended the bench at 11:10 am, after which the judicial proceedings began.
Addressing the accused Sohail, the judge said that 16 witnesses have testified against him in this case. After this the court read out the allegations made against Sohail along with the statements of the witnesses.