Chapa Rani killer to hang

Debashish Saha Rony, the man who crushed a woman with his motorbike for protesting her daughter’s abuse at Faridpur, has been sentenced to death.

Chapa Rani Bhowmik, a sugar mill worker, was killed in Madhukhali on Oct 26, 2010. The 48-year old died in the Faridpur Medical College and Hospital.

Faridpur District and Sessions Judge Md Anwarul Haque handed down the verdict on Monday.

Rony was also fined Tk 10,000.

Rony is now absconding after securing bail from the High Court.

State counsel Khosruzzaman Dulu said the judge directed police to arrest Rony and produce him in court.

Rony will have to surrender to the court in seven days to appeal against the death sentence -- or else a warrant of arrest to enforce the death sentences will be issued against him, the judge said.

Authorities have been ordered to impound Rony’s seized property.

The court acquitted two other accused Alamgir and Apu as charges could not be proven against them.

The victim’s brother Arun Bhowmik filed a case with Modhukhali Police Station after Chapa Rani's murder.

Rony, aged 24 at the time of the murder, was arrested by RAB from Jhenaidah on Oct 31 the same year.

The case details indicates Rony used to stalk and harass Chapa Rani’s daughter.

When she complained to Modhukhali Upazila chairman, Chapa Rani's family was threatened with death.

 

Then Rony crushed Chapa Rani in front of the warehouse of Faridpur sugar mill by driving his motorcycle over her.

Rony has been absconding since he secured bail from the High Court on July 8, 2012.

Chapa Rani’s husband Swapan Kumar Biswas expressed satisfaction over the verdict.

“We have got fair justice. It is proved through the verdict that the law is still in favour of the poor,” he said.

Biswas demanded immediate arrest of Rony for the execution of the verdict.