Court Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 10 Feb 2021 12:40 PM BdST
Updated: 10 Feb 2021 05:24 PM BdST
A Dhaka court has handed down the death penalty to eight militants, including sacked army major Syed Ziaul Haque, for the murder of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in 2015. );
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The other accused are Akram Hossain alias Hasib, Moinul Hassan Shamim alias Samir, Abdur Sabur Samad, Khairul Islam, Abu Siddik Sohel, Mozammel Hussain and Sheikh Abdullah. The convicts, two of whom are absconding, have also been fined Tk 50,000 each.
Judge Md Mujibur Rahman of the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal announced the verdict in the much-discussed case on Wednesday.
In a 53-page judgment, the judge noted that the accused were all members of the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam.
Dipan murder case: 8 Ansar Al Islam members sentenced to death
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A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced eight members of the banned militant group Ansar Al Islam to death for killing publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in October 2015.
The accused are: Ansar Al Islam s top commander Sayed Ziaul Haque alias Major (sacked) Zia, squad leader Moinul Hasan Shamim alias Samir alias Imran, trainer Abdus Sabur alias Samad alias Sujon alias Raju, and top operatives Khairul Islam alias Fahim alias Jishan, Sheikh Abdullah, Abu Siddiq Sohel, Mozammel Hossain alias Saimon and Akram Hossein alias Hasib.
Dhaka, Bangladesh – A court in Dhaka has sentenced eight people of a banned armed group to death in connection with the murder of a publisher in the capital six years ago.
Faysal Arefin Dipon, the publisher of Bangladesh’s Jagriti Prokashoni, was hacked to death on October 31, 2015 in his own office in the city’s Shahbagh area.
Among the “secular” books Dipon published was one by Avijit Roy, an American citizen of Bangladeshi origin who was murdered in a similar manner in February that year.
Both the murders were carried out by members of Ansar al-Islam – a hardline group that was banned by the Bangladesh government in May 2015.
DHAKA, Bangladesh
A special tribunal in Bangladesh’s capital on Wednesday sentenced to death eight Islamic militants for the 2015 killing of a publisher of books on secularism and atheism.
Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal Judge Majibur Rahman announced the verdicts in a packed courtroom in the presence of six defendants. Another two, including sacked military official Sayed Ziaul Haque Zia, remain at large.
The judge had earlier issued arrest warrants for them. The prosecution said they belonged to the banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam.
In October 2015, suspected militants hacked to death Faisal Abedin Deepan of the Jagriti Prokashoni publishing house in a market near the Dhaka University. On the same day, another publisher, Ahmed Rashid Tutul, survived a near simultaneous attack also in Dhaka.
Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 06 Feb 2021 12:12 AM BdST
Updated: 06 Feb 2021 12:12 AM BdST
Faisal Arefin Dipan’s wife Razia Rahman thinks the trial of the case over the murder of the publisher will be incomplete if those named as masterminds behind the attack remain absconding. );
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Dhaka’s Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal is set to deliver the verdict on charges against eight defendants in the case on Feb 10.
The defendants are sacked army major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Huq, Akram Hossain alias Hasib, Moinul Hassan Shamim alias Samir, Abdur Sabur Samad, Khairul Islam, Abu Siddik Sohel, Mozammel Hussain and Sheikh Abdullah.
They are all members of the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam, according to the police.