Student was murdered for family honour, court told
By Geneviève Roberts Published: 06 October 2005 The Independent A university student was murdered to "vindicate a family's honour" after he fell in love with their daughter and made her pregnant, a court was told. Chomir Ali, a Bangladeshi Muslim living in Oxford, ordered his 17-year-old son, Mohammed Mujibar Rahman, to kill Arash Ghorbani-Zarin, it was alleged at Oxford Crown Court. Julian Baughan QC, for the prosecution, said Mr Ali, a 44-year-old waiter, became angry in 2003 when his 19-year-old daughter, Manna Begum, began going out with Mr Ghorbani-Zarin, 19, from an Iranian Muslim family. Manna already had a marriage arranged. Mr Ali banned his daughter from contacting her boyfriend, taking her mobile phone and stopping her from leaving the house. This led her to attempt suicide, the court heard. In August last year the couple got engaged after Manna discovered she was pregnant. Arash, an electronic engineering student at Oxford Brookes University, quit his studies and got a job at a toy store, intending to provide for his family, the court heard. But on 20 November, Arash was found dead, having been stabbed 46 times. Three days later, a man, alleged to be Mr Ali, was seen throwing a supermarket bag over a hedge into allotments. It was found to contain a knife covered in blood and clothes which DNA tests showed were worn by Mr Ali's son. The father and son deny murder. Also on trial for murder is a 16-year-old, who cannot be named. The trial continues. A university student was murdered to "vindicate a family's honour" after he fell in love with their daughter and made her pregnant, a court was told. Chomir Ali, a Bangladeshi Muslim living in Oxford, ordered his 17-year-old son, Mohammed Mujibar Rahman, to kill Arash Ghorbani-Zarin, it was alleged at Oxford Crown Court. Julian Baughan QC, for the prosecution, said Mr Ali, a 44-year-old waiter, became angry in 2003 when his 19-year-old daughter, Manna Begum, began going out with Mr Ghorbani-Zarin, 19, from an Iranian Muslim family. Manna already had a marriage arranged. Mr Ali banned his daughter from contacting her boyfriend, taking her mobile phone and stopping her from leaving the house. This led her to attempt suicide, the court heard. In August last year the couple got engaged after Manna discovered she was pregnant. Arash, an electronic engineering student at Oxford Brookes University, quit his studies and got a job at a toy store, intending to provide for his family, the court heard. But on 20 November, Arash was found dead, having been stabbed 46 times. Three days later, a man, alleged to be Mr Ali, was seen throwing a supermarket bag over a hedge into allotments. It was found to contain a knife covered in blood and clothes which DNA tests showed were worn by Mr Ali's son. The father and son deny murder. Also on trial for murder is a 16-year-old, who cannot be named. The trial continues. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
