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5 get death, one life term jail over blogger Abhijit murder
DHAKA, Feb 16, 2021 (BSS) – A court here today sentenced five militants to
death and one to lifetime imprisonment in a case lodged over murder of
blogger and writer Abhijit Roy.
Judge Mujibur Rahman of the Special Anti-Terrorism Tribunal handed down the
judgement today.
The death convicts are – sacked Major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque alias Zia,
Mozammel Hussain alias Simon, Abu Siddique Sohail alias Shakib alias Sajid
alias Shahab, Akram Hossain alias Abir and Md Arafat Rahman.
The court also fined the death row convicts fifty thousand taka each.
The sole lifetime awardee is Shafiur Rahman Farabi and he was also fined
fifty thousand taka, in default, he will have to suffer two years more in
prison.
All convicted are the leaders and activists of banned militant outfit
Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).
Sacked Major Zia and Akram Hossain remained fugitive since the murder.
Earlier on February 4, the court set February 16 to pass the verdict as
both the prosecution and defence concluded their arguments in the case on
that day.
Avijit Roy was hacked by a group of militants near Suhrawardy Udyan in the
TSC area of Dhaka University around 9.30 pm on February 26, 2015.
He was taken to Dhaka Medical College (DMC) Hospital where he succumbed to
his injuries at about 10.30pm.
On February 27, Avijit’s father, noted educationist Ajoy Roy, filed a
murder case with Shahbagh Police Station.
On March 13, 2019, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarafuzzaman Ansari filed
the charge-sheet implicating six persons.
On April 11, 2019, Dhaka Special Anti-Terrorism Tribunal Judge Mujibur
Rahman accepted the charge-sheet against the six accused.
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