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Iqbal Azad was killed near Sarail Police Station nearly 12 years ago
Published : 03 Jul 2024, 07:21 PM
A tribunal has sentenced four people to death and 10 to life in prison for the 2012 murder of Sarail Upazila Awami League leader Iqbal Azad in Brahmanbaria.
Chattogram Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Halim Ullah Chowdhury delivered the verdict on Wednesday after finding the 14 accused guilty, said Public Prosecutor Ashok Kumar Das.
Those who were handed the death penalty are Rafiq Uddin Thakur, former chairman of the local Upazila council; Mahfuz Ali, former president of Sarail Upazila Awami League; Mokarom Ali Sohel, and Ismat Ali, former commander of Sarail Upazila Muktijoddha Sangsad.
Abdul Jabbar, former chairman of Sadar Union Council, Caesar, Idris Ali, Babu, Haris, Bakul, Limon, Abdullah, Sharif and Mizan were sentenced to life in prison.
All the convicts’ full names and ages were not available.
Iqbal, a senior vice-president of Sarail Upazila Awami League, was killed near the local Sarail Police Station on Oct 21, 2012.
His brother AKM Jahangir Azad, who was injured in the attack, filed a case against 22 people the next day. Three of them died during the trial.
The tribunal acquitted the other accused in the case, said prosecutor Ashok.
Iqbal’s wife Umme Fatema Nazma Begum alias Sheuli Azad is the incumbent general secretary of Sarail Upazila Awami League.
She had worked as an MP from the seats reserved for women in the 11th parliament.
