7-murder: Death upheld for Nur, 3 Ex-RAB men among 15

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has upheld death penalty for 15 people including the main accused former Awami League man Nur Hossain and three former Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case.

Eleven other accused were sentenced to life-term imprisonment in the case.

The three RAB officials are the then commanding officer of Rab-11 in Narayanganj Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, the then company commanders Maj Arif Hossain and Lt Commander Masud Rana.

The HC bench of Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha and Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam handed down the verdict on Tuesday.

On January 16, Narayanganj District and Sessions Judge's Court handed down death penalty to 26 people and jailed nine other accused for various terms, from seven to 17 years.

Seven people, including the then Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker, were abducted from Dhaka-Narayanganj link road on April 27, 2014. Later, their bodies were found floating in the Shitalakkhya river.


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