Dhaka, July 13 -- A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) on Sunday seeking its directives to form a judicial commission to probe the murder of scrap trader Lal Chand alias Md Sohag in front of Mitford Hospital in Old Dhaka recently.

Supreme Court lawyer Dr Md Yunus Ali Akanda filed the writ petition with the HC section concerned.

Speaking reporters after filing the petition, he said directives were sought to arrest the accused those involved in the murder directly.

Hearing on the writ petition is expected to be held tomorrow (Monday) at the bench of Justice Kazi Zinnat Hoque and Justice Aynun Nahar Siddiqua, he said.

On July 9, a group of people killed the 39-year-old vendor indiscriminately by stabbing and hitting with a ...