A Narayanganj court on Monday awarded death penalty to 26 people including former Awami League leader Nur Hossain and 16 ex-RAB officials in the sensational seven-murder case.
Nine others were also sentenced to different terms in the verdict handed down by Narayanganj district and sessions judge Syed Enayetur Rahman.
Out of a total of 35 accused in the gruesome murder, 23 were present before the court while delivering the verdict.
One of the prime convicts Nur Hossain was a leader of ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and a councillor of the Narayanganj city corporation at the time of the murder.
The suspended RAB officials who were awarded death penalty are: lieutenant colonel Tarek Sayeed, major Arif Hossain, commander lieutenant Masud Rana, habildar Emdadul Haque, ROG-1 Arif Hossain, lance nayek Hira Mia, lance nayek Belal Hossain, sepoy Abu Toiyob, constable Md Shihab Uddin, SI Purnendo Bala, sainik Asaduzzaman Nur, sainik Abdul Alim, sainik Mohiuddin Munshi, sainik Al Amin, sainik Tajul Islam and sergeant Enamul Kabir.
All of them were in the RAB-11 officials when the murder took place and later they were sacked when their involvement was found in the preliminary investigation.
The other convicts who are now behind the bars are: Nur Hossain and his accomplices-Ali Mohammad, Mizanur Rahman Dipu, Raham Ali, Abul Bashar and Mortuza Zaman (Charchil).
The absconding convicts are: corporal Mokhlesur Rahman, sainik Abdul Alim, sainik Mohiuddin Munshi, sainik Al Amin, sainik Tajul Islam, sergeant Enamul Kabir, ASI Kamal Hossain constable Habibur Rahman and Nur Hossain’s cohorts--Selim, Sanaullah Sana, Shahjahan and Jamal Uddin.
Those who have been convicted to different jail terms are: Nasir Uddin, Bazlur Rahman, constable Habibur Rahman Habib, sub-inspector Kamal Hossain, Abdul Alim, Ruhul Amin, Syed Nuruzzaman, sub-inspector Abul Kamal Azad and Babul Hossain.
On 27 April in 2014, seven people, including Narayanganj city corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker, were abducted from the Dhaka-Narayanganj link road.
On 28 April 2014, a case was filed over case filed over kidnapping Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam, his three associates and driver were abducted from Fatullah area.
Three days after the abduction, bodies of six of the missing people were found floating in the Shitalakkhya river on 30 April 2014 while the body of the rest abducted man was found floating in the river on 31 April.
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