Seven sentenced to death for 2021 murder of Mymensingh polytechnic student

The body of 19-year-old Shahinur was recovered on Jun 5, 2021

A Mymensingh court has sentenced seven people to death for the 2021 killing of college student Shahinur Alam, also known as Iqbal.

The verdict was delivered on Tuesday afternoon by District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Zakir Hossain in the presence of the suspects, said plaintiff’s lawyer Rafiqul Islam.

The case stems from the killing of 19-year-old Iqbal, a student of Rumdo Institute of Modern Technology, whose body was recovered on Jun 5, 2021.

The death-row convicts are Asif Rana, Golam Hossain, Abdul Helim, Mohammad Ali, Farid Ahmed, Yunus Ali, and Shamsul Haque from Palashkanda village in Kamaria Union of Tarakanda Upazila.

In addition, Khaleda Akter and Rehena Khatun have each been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Tk 25,000. In default of payment, they will serve another year of rigorous imprisonment.

According to the case, on the night of May 31, 2021, after 11 pm, Shahinur, a civil engineering student, went missing from Palashkanda.

At that time, his elder brother, engineer Md Selim Mia, filed a case at Tarakanda Police Station against unknown suspects.

On Jun 5, police recovered Iqbal’s body from a septic tank beside his house.

Convicts Helim and Khaleda had given confessional statements, also revealing the names of seven more individuals.

Expressing satisfaction with the verdict, the plaintiff, Selim, said such a judgement was possible due to the selfless cooperation of the police and lawyers.

He demanded swift execution of the verdict.