A Narayanganj court has found 35 persons guilty in sensational 2014 seven-murder case in Narayanganj.
Published : 16 Jan 2017, 07:03 PM
The court awarded death penalty to 26 including former Narayanganj City Corporation councillor Nur Hossain and three former senior RAB officers, who include its local commander.
Nine others have been sentenced to various prison terms.
Narayanganj District and Sessions Judge Syed Enayet Hossain delivered the verdict on Monday.
Twelve convicts, of whom eight are former RAB personnel, are absconding.
On the afternoon of Apr 27, 2014, Naraynganj City Councillor and Panel Mayor Nazrul Islam and five of his associates were abducted from their car on Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road.
Around the same time and from the same location, senior lawyer Chandan Sarker and his driver, who were in another car, were kidnapped.
Three days later, their bloated bodies were found floating in the Shitalakkhya River.
Nazrul's wife Selina Islam Beauty and Chandan’s son-in-law Bijoy Kumar Pal filed two cases in which the verdicts were delivered on Monday.
Twenty-five of the convicts belonged to different law enforcement bodies and the rest are accomplices of Nur Hossain, one of the masterminds of the murders.
The sentences are as follows:
Convict | Designation | Sentence |
Nur Hossain | Former vice-president, Siddhirganj Awami League, ward councillor | Death sentence |
Tarek Sayeed | Former commander of RAB 11, suspended Lt Col | Death sentence |
Arif Hossain | RAB Camp Commander, suspended major | Death Sentence |
Masud Rana | RAB Camp Commander, suspended Lt Commander | Death Sentence |
Endadul Huq | Havildar | Death Sentence |
Arif Hossain | ROG-1 | Death Sentence |
Hira Mia | Lance Naik | Death Sentence |
Belal Hossain | Lance Naik | Death Sentence |
Abu Toiyob | Sepoy | Death Sentence |
Md Shihab Uddin | Constable | Death Sentence |
Purnendu Bala | Sub-Inspector | Death Sentence |
Ruhul Amin | Corporal | 10 years in prison |
Bajlur Rahman | ASI | Seven years in prison |
Ali Mohammad | Nur Hossain’s accomplice | Death Sentence |
Mijanur Rahman Dipu | Nur Hossain’s accomplice | Death Sentence |
Rohom Ali | Nur Hossain’s accomplice | Death Sentence |
Abul Bashar | Nur Hossain’s accomplice | Death Sentence |
Nasir Uddin | Havildar | Seven years in prison |
Abul Kalam Azad | ASI | 10 years in prison |
Nuruzzaman | Soldier | 10 years in prison |
Babul Hassan | Constable | 10 years in prison |
Asaduzzaman Nur | Soldier | Death Sentence |
Mortuza Zaman Charchil | Nur Hossain’s accomplice | Death Sentence |
------------12 absconding convicts-------------- | ||
Md Mokhlesur Rahman | Corporal | 10 years in prison |
Abdul Alim | Soldier | Death sentence |
Mohiuddin Munshi | Soldier | Death Sentence |
Al Amin Sharif | Soldier | Death Sentence |
Tajul Islam | Soldier | Death Sentence |
Enamul Kabir | Sergeant | Death Sentence |
Kamal Hossain | ASI | 10 years in prison |
Habibur Rahman | Constable | 10 years in prison |
Selim | Nur Hossain’s accomplice, currently in detention in India | Death Sentence |
Sanaullah Sana | Nur Hossain’s accomplice | Death Sentence |
Shahjahan | Nur Hossain’s manager | Death Sentence |
Jamal Uddin | Nur Hossain’s accomplice | Death Sentence |