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Published : 15 Apr 2026, 02:27 PM
A court in Noakhali has pushed back the verdict in the widely discussed case involving the 2022 murder of a schoolgirl to Apr 29.
Noakhali Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Judge (District and Sessions Judge) Mohammad Khorshedul Alam Shikdar fixed the date on Wednesday, according to Emdad Hossain, a lawyer for the plaintiff.
Although the verdict had originally been scheduled for Wednesday, the judge rescheduled it after taking the bench.
Public Prosecutor Md Selim Shahi said that police recovered the bloodied body of the 8th-grade student with her throat slit, and arteries in arms, and legs cut, from a house in Noakhali Municipality on Sept 22, 2022.
Later, the victim’s mother filed a murder case.
According to the case dossier, the girl left home in the morning on the day of the incident and went to school. Later, around 12pm, after finishing her private lessons, she returned home and was there alone. Later in the evening, her mother returned home, found the main door locked and, after entering, discovered signs of disorder inside before finding her daughter dead in a room.
After the incident, several police teams conducted separate raids and arrested four people, including the main accused, Abdur Rahim Roni, the schoolgirl's former tutor.
Roni later gave a confessional statement before a court court under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
In that statement, he said he had tried to rape the student and killed her after failing to do so, in an attempt to cover up the incident, the prosecutor said.
Following his confessional statement, police seized the knife, pillow and other evidence in connection with the offence.
After completing the investigation, police submitted a chargesheet naming Roni as the sole accused and clearing the others.
During the course of the trial, the court recorded the testimony of 41 prosecution witnesses and five defence witnesses.
The killing sparked protests in Noakhali, with students and people from different walks of life holding demonstrations, human chains and road blockades at various educational institutions while demanding justice.
The victim’s mother said she wanted the highest punishment for the killer so that it would serve as an example.
