7-murder verdict: Death reference at HC

Staff Correspondent: The death reference of the sensational seven-murder verdict in Narayanganj, the outskirts of Dhaka, reached the High Court (HC) on Sunday noon.

The judge of Narayanganj District and Sessions Judge's Court Sayed Enayet Hossain, sentenced prime accused Nur Hossain, sacked commanding officer of Rab-11 Tareque Sayeed Mohammad and 24 others to death penalty in the case on January 16.

Apart from the Rab commanding officer, there are two other dismissed officials of the elite force in the death row list.  They are Maj Arif Hossain and Lt commander Masud Rana.

The court also sentenced nine other accused seven to 17 years’ of imprisonment.

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.

Ruhul Amin, Soinik Nuruzzaman, SI Abul Kalam Azad, Babul Hasan, SI Kamal Hosen and Constable Habibur Rahman Habib were sentenced to ten years’ of imprisonment.  

Besides, the court also jailed ASI Bozlur Rahman and Nasir Uddin for seven years.

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.

 
risingbd/Dhaka/Jan 22, 2017/Mahedi/A K Azad