Eight student activists of the ruling Awami League were sentenced to
death and 13 others were given life terms on Wednesday by a fast-track
court in Dhaka for hacking to death a Hindu man during a nationwide
strike in 2012.
“They (the eight) will be hanged to death,” pronounced tribunal-4 judge
A.B.M. Nizamul Haque at the packed courtroom as six convicts appeared in
the dock.
During the 10-minute proceedings of the day, the court observed that
Biswajit Das’ murder case is quite different from the others. It took
place in the broad daylight instead of night which was heinous and
deplorable killing, the court said.
Two other death penalty convicts and 11 of the 13, who were awarded the
life term, were tried in absentia as they were on the run to evade
punishment.
Under the Bangladeshi law, the High Court must review death penalties
even if the convicts do not appeal against the lower court’s verdicts.
The Chhatra League activists hacked to death the 24-year-old tailor on
the street in Old Dhaka’s Bahadur Shah Park area on December 9, 2012
during the opposition enforced blockade. The incident was captured live
on television cameras.
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) is the student front of the Awami League.
Sutrapur police filed a murder case in this regard on the same day. On
June 2, 2013 charges were framed against the 21 Chhatra League
activists. The murder drew flack on the ruling Awami League.
Reacting to the verdict, Mr. Das’s brother said, “I am satisfied...we got justice.”
Courtesy:thehindu dot com
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