Gazipur: Mohammad Shipon, who was imprisoned for 16 years in a murder case without any trial, has finally been released from jail, reports UNB.

He walked out of Kashimpur Central Jail on Tuesday following a High Court order, said jail super Proshanto Kumar Banik of Kashimpur Jail part-2.

Earlier on 8 November, the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice JBM Hassan granted bail to Shipon until the case is settled.

The HC ordered the Dhaka Additional District Judge’s Court for the settlement of the case within two months and directed the Dhaka Legal Aid Office to take necessary steps for the submission of papers of his bail without any cost.

The court asked the Dhaka district administration for providing support to the victim’s rehabilitation, if needed.

In 1994, a man was killed in a clash between two groups at Sutrapur in the capital. Victim’s relatives filed a case making Shipon the No 2 accused.

Police arrested Shipon in 2000 and a court sent him to jail. He was shifted to Kashimpur Jail on November 7 last year.

Recently, an investigative report was aired in a private television channel in this regard.

Later, Supreme Court lawyer Kumar Debol Dey sought the High Court’s attention by submitting the report.