Rangpur Khadem killing: HC upholds death sentenced for 2, acquits 5
The court upheld the death sentences of JMB members Masud Rana and Liton Mia and acquitted five others in the 2015 murder case.
The High Court today (6 September) upheld the death penalty of two convicts and acquitted five suspects in a case filed over the killing of a khadem of a shrine in Rangpur.
The HC bench of Justice Zafar Ahmed and Justice Shathika Hossain passed the order after hearing the death references and appeal petitions in the case.
The two condemned convicts are Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Commander Masud Rana and Liton Mia.
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Those acquitted are JMB member Ishak Ali, 34, Shakhawat Hossain alias Rahul, 30, Sarwar Hossain Sabu alias Mizan, 30, Bijoy alias Ali alias Darji, 30, commander of JMB northern region, and Chandu Mia, 20.
Earlier in 2018, a Rangpur court sentenced seven people to death for killing khadem of Rangpur Shrine Rahmat Ali.
The court also acquitted six others as allegations brought against them could not be proved.
On November 10, 2015, Rahmat Ali, a khadem of a shrine at Choitar intersection of Kaunia upazila of Rangpur district, was stabbed to death while returning to his home.
Later, a murder case was filed at Kaunia Police Station.
