Journalist Farhad Khan couple murder verdict today

Staff Correspondent: The High Court is set to deliver its verdict in the sensational case of journalist Farhad Khan couple murder on Tuesday.

The bench comprising of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin will hand down the verdict.

Earlier, the HC bench fixed the date for delivering the judgement, after concluding the hearing on the death reference and appeals in the case on Thursday last.

On January 28, 2011, Farhad Khan, 60, senior assistant editor of Bangla daily Janata, and his wife Rahima Khanam, 55, were murdered in their rented flat in the capital’s Nayapaltan area.

Following the killings, Abdus Samad Khan, younger brother of Farhad, filed a case with Paltan Police Station accusing unknown persons.

On October 11, 2012, Judge ABM Sajedur Rahman of Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka gave death sentence to two persons for killing journalist Farhad and his wife Rahima.

The condemned convicts are Nazimuzzaman Yon, a nephew of the slain journalist Farhad Khan, and Razu Ahmad, a friend of Yon.


risingbd/Dhaka/October 16, 2018/Mahidi/A K Azad