The High Court (HC) Tuesday upheld the death sentences against nine out of ten condemned convicts while exonerated all 13 lifers in the decade-old Kazi Aref murder case, reports UNB.
A Division Bench comprising Justice AKM Fazlur Rahman and ATM Fazle Kabir delivered the judgment in resolving the death reference along with jail appeal cases.
Those nine other condemned prisoners sans Shair Uddin, who was acquitted, who are to walk to the gallows, are Ilias Hossain alias Elach, Baker, Mannan Mollah, Anwar, Jhantu, Jahan, Jalal, Safayat Hossain and Rawshan Ali.
The 13 acquitted people are Laltu, Rofat, Asgar Joardar, Faraj, Tashir, Garesh Sardar, Majid, Mohit, Nazrul, Lablu, Oliar Rahman, Akubbar and Tikka.
The convicts were in the outlawed Gono Bahini, believed to be an aberrant offshoot of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), and blamed for killing scores of people over the years in Kushtia and neighbouring areas.
HC upholds death sentences against 9
FE Team | Published: August 06, 2008 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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