Police have pressed charges against 14 people, including panel mayor of Bogura municipality and local Jubo League leader Aminul Islam, in a case filed over the murder of BNP leader Advocate Mahbub Alam Shahin in 2019.

Investigation officer (IO) of the case Inspector Ambar Hossain submitted a charge-sheet before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Bogura on Saturday evening.

Of the 14 charge-sheeted accused, five are behind the bars while the rest have been on the run.

Mahbub was hacked to death by some miscreants on April 14 last year in Upashahar Bazar area of Sadar upazila.

Victim’s wife filed a case in this regard with Sadar Police Station.