7-murder: Families want quick execution of verdict

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj:  Selina Islam Beauty, wife of slain Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam, has expressed her satisfaction over the verdict of the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case and said all families want to see the quick execution of the verdict.

Beauty came up with the reaction after the Narayanganj District and Sessions Judge on Monday awarded death penalty to 26 people.

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

“The families of all seven murdered are fully happy with judgment. We demand the quick implementation of the verdict and hope that the higher court will uphold the verdict”, Selina Islam Beauty said.

Meanwhile, Shahid Chairman, the father-in-law of Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam, expressed his satisfaction over the verdict and demanded quick execution.

Earlier, a court in Narayanganj has sentenced 26 people including former NCC councillor Nur Hossain and dismissed Rab officials Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, Maj Arif Hossain and Lt Commander MM Rana to death in the sensational seven-murder case.
 
The court of Narayanganj District Sessions Judge Syed Enayet Hossain delivered the verdict on Monday morning amid high security.
 
Twenty-three, including Nur Hossain and dismissed Rab officials were present on the dock during the pronunciation of the verdict while 12 are on the run.
 
The other condemned convicts are Mizanur Rahman Dipu, Abdul Alim, Mohinuddin Munshi, Lans Nayek Hira Miah, Sipahi Abu Toiyob, Selim, Sanaullah Sana, Shah Jahan, Jamal Uddin, Asad-uj-jaman Noor, Purnendu Bala, ROG Arif Hossain, Al Amin, Tajul Islam, Enamul, Belal Hossain, Shihab Uddin, Mortuja Jaman Churchill, Ali Mohammad, Abul Basher, Raham Ali, Emdadul Haque.
 
The court also jailed nine other accused for seven to 17 years’ of imprisonment.

risingbd/ Narayanganj/Jan 16, 2017/Mukul/Augustin Sujan