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Appeal rehearing in Khalaf murder case Oct 31

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Published: 06:34, 24 October 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Appeal rehearing in Khalaf murder case Oct 31

Staff Correspondent: The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed October 31 for rehearing on the appeals filed by the government and the accused in sensational Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali murder case.

The second Appellate Division bench headed by the Acting Chief Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah on Tuesday passed the order after accepting the time petition sought by the death-row convict Saiful in the case.

On November 18, 2013, the High Court, in a major revision to a trial court verdict, acquitted one of the five condemned convicts, awarded life term to three others and upheld the death sentence of one in the case.

The acquitted, Selim Chowdhury, is on the run while the rest four are behind bars.

The HC upheld the death sentence of Saiful Islam for killing the 45-year-old Saudi embassy official, who was shot dead near his Gulshan residence in the capital's diplomatic enclave.

The three convicts, who were sentenced to life term imprisonment by the HC, are Mohammad Al Amin, Rafiqul Islam and Akbar Ali Lalu.

Khali Al Ali, Saudi embassy official in Dhaka, was shot dead some 30 yards off his house in the city's Gulshan area on March 06, 2012.

 


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