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Verdict in case over Razib, Dia’s deaths tomorrow
DHAKA, Nov 30, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court is scheduled to pronounce
judgement tomorrow in a case filed over deaths of college students Abdul
Karim Razib and Dia Khanam Mim in a road accident in the city’s Airport Road
area in July, 2018.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Imrul Qayes on November 14, fixed
December 1 to pass the verdict as both defence and the prosecution concluded
their arguments in the case on that day.
Earlier, the court examined 37 witnesses including investigation officer
(IO) Qazi Shariful Islam of the total 41 witnesses.
The IO on September 6, 2018, filed chargesheet in the case.
On July 29, 2018, two students– Razib and Dia– of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin
Cantonment College were run over during a mad race between two buses of
Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan on Dhaka’s Airport Road.
Agitated people torched the two buses and triggered a widespread protest by
the students demanding justice for their fellows and road safety.
Dia’s father Jahangir Hossain Fakir filed the case with Cantonment Police
Station to this end.
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