Verdict in RU teacher murder case 8 May

A Rajshahi court on Wednesday set 8 May to deliver its verdict in connection with the murder of Rajshahi University’s English department professor Rezaul Karim Siddiquee in 2016.

Rajshahi speedy trial tribunal judge Shirin Kabita Akhtar passed the order after concluding the hearings on behalf of both sides in the afternoon, reports UNB.

The court recorded the testimonies of a total of 32 witnesses in the case.

On 6 November 2016, police pressed charges against eight members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in the case more than six months after the murder.

The accused are Khairul Alam Badal, Osman, Nazrul Islam, Shariful Islam, Ripon, Abdus Sattar, Rahmatullah and Maskawat.

Of them, Badal, Nazrul and Osman were killed in reported gunfights with police at different times and Shariful has been on the run.

Professor Rezaul Karim, 58, of RU English department, was killed in the city’s Shalbagan area while he was waiting for university bus on 23 April 2011.

The victim’s son Sourov Hossain filed a murder case with Boalia police station.