N’ganj 7-murder: 4 convicts file appeal pleas

Staff Correspondent: Four prime death-row convicts in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case filed appeal petitions with the appellate division of Supreme Court.

The petitions were filed with the concerned branch of the Supreme Court, a source at the Supreme Court confirmed the news on Sunday.

Former NCC councillor Nur Hossain, dismissed RAB officials Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, Major Arif Hossain and dismissed Lt Commander Masud Rana filed the petitions.

A Narayanganj court awarded death penalty to 26 accused, including Nur Hossain, in the case on 16 January 2017.

Later, the High Court upheld death penalty for 15 out of 26 death-row convicts, commuting penalty for 11 others to life-term in jail in the case.

On November 19 of 2019, the full text of the HC verdict that upheld death sentence for 15 people was published on the Supreme Court website.

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 river.


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