Court Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 04 Feb 2021 05:44 PM BdST
Updated: 04 Feb 2021 06:32 PM BdST
The verdict against six extremists in a case over the murder of science writer-blogger Avijit Roy will be delivered on Feb 16.
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Judge Mojibur Rahman of Dhaka’s Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal set the date after hearing the arguments of both sides on Thursday.
Suspected Islamist militants hacked to death Avijit, the US-based Bangladeshi science writer and founder of the Muktomona blog, on Feb 26 in 2015 just after he left the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka. His wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya was also injured in the attack.
The state has demanded maximum punishment for all the six accused, including fugitive sacked army major Syed Ziaul Haq alias Zia.