DHAKA, Feb 10, 2021 (BSS) – A court here today sentenced eight operatives of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) to death in the case lodged over the murder of Jagriti Prokashoni publisher Foysal Arefin Dipon in 2015.
Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal Judge Md Mojibur Rahman handed down the verdict, a court official said.
The death convicts are – sacked Army Major Syed Ziaul Haque, 50, Moinul Hasan Shamim, 24, Md Abdus Sabur, 23, Khairul Islam, 24, Md Abu Siddique Sohel, 34, Md Mozammel Hossain Saimon, 25, Md Sheikh Abdullah, 27, and Akram Hossain alias Hasib, 28.
Ziaul Haque and Akram Hossain are absconding since the beginning of the case.
On Jan 24, Judge Md Mujibur Rahman set today to deliver the verdict.
Jagriti Prokashoni publisher Dipon was hacked to death at his Aziz Super Market office on November 31, 2015. His wife Rajia Rahman filed the case on that day with Shahbagh police station.
Investigation officer and detective branch assistant police commissioner Fazlur Rahman on November 15 in 2018, submitted the charge sheet against eight accused.
On March 19, 2019, the tribunal accepted the charge sheet.
The tribunal on October 13, 2019, framed charges against eight members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in the case.
Of the eight, six have given confessional statements in the case.