Hoshi Kunio murder case verdict today

Staff Correspondent, Rangpur: A Rangpur court is set to deliver its verdict in a case filed against eight members of banned militant outfit JMB in connection with killing Japanese national Hoshi Kunio.

Rangpur Special Court Judge Noresh Chandra Sarker will hand down the verdict on Tuesday.

Hoshi Kunio was shot dead by three unidentified assailants at Aluwari village in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur on October 3, 2015.

Later, Abdul Quader Zilani, officer-in-charge of Kaunia Police Station and investigation officer of the case pressed charges against eight Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) men on July 3 last year.

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