Five to walk gallows for murdering blogger Avijit
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DHAKA, Feb 16, 2021 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today sentenced five members of banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam to death and another to life imprisonment in a case lodged over the murder of blogger and writer Avijit Roy.
Judge Mujibur Rahman of the Special Anti-Terrorism Tribunal pronounced the judgement, also fining the convicts Taka 50 thousand each.
The death-row-convicts are Major (sacked) Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque alias Zia, Mozammel Hussain alias Simon, Abu Siddique Sohail alias Shakib alias Sajid alias Shahab, Akram Hossain alias Abir and Md Arafat Rahman.
The tribunal sentenced another convict Shafiur Rahman Farabi to life imprisonment and fined him Taka 50 thousand, in default to suffer two years more in jail.