DHAKA, Oct 4, 2020 (BSS) – Death reference of six convicts in Barguna’s sensational Rifat murder trial reached the High Court today, paving way for holding further proceedings in the case.
“Barguna court staff led by Jahangir Piku brought the documents including the judgement at the High Court this morning,” Supreme Court spokesperson and High Court Division Special Officer Md Saifur Rahman told BSS.
Barguna District and Sessions Judge Court on September 30 sentenced six persons, including victim’s wife Ayesha Siddiqa Minni, to death in the sensational Rifat Sharif murder case.
The other death-row-convicts are- Rakibul Hasan alias Rifat Foraji, Al Kaium alias Rabbi Akon, Mohaimenul Islam Sifat, Rezwan Alai Khan Hridoy alias Tiktok Hridoy and Md Hasan. They were also fined Taka 50 thousand each.
The court also acquitted four other accused – Rafiul Islam Rabbi, Md Sagar, Kamrul Islam Saimun and Md Musa.
The court came up with the judgement after examining 76 witnesses on 43 hearing dates.
The lower court concerned in its judgement found Minni to be the mastermind behind the killing as she along with the other the other killers had hatched the plot to murder Rifat Sharif on that time, date and place.
Minni, who was on bail till the day of the judgement on his lawyer’s custody, appeared in the court along with her father, while the other eight accused were brought from jail amid tight security. Of the 10 adult accused, Md Musa was on the run all along.
The court on January 1 framed charges against the 10 for directly participating in the brutal murder, plotting the crime and helping the killers to escape the scene.
Victim Rifat Sharif was hacked to death in broad daylight in Barguna on June 26. Police on July 16 showed his wife Minni, who was the main witness in the case earlier, arrested for her role in the gruesome murder.