Prosecution seeks death penalty for 7-murder accused

Prosecution today appealed before a Narayanganj court to hang all accused of the sensational seven-murder case. 

The prosecution made the plea before the District and Sessions Judge Syed Enayet Hossain, reports the Bangla daily Prothom Alo.

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After hearing arguments from prosecution and defence sides, the court fixed Tuesday for hearing on the appeal, Public Prosecutor Wazed Ali Khokon said at a press conference on the court premises.

On February 8, the same court indicted 35 people including prime accused Nur Hossain and three former Rab officials – Tareque Sayeed, Arif Hossain and Masud Rana – in two cases filed for killing seven people in the district in 2014.

Today was the 34th working day since the charges were framed against the accused of the case, he added.    

A total 20 witnesses of the case have so far given their testimony against 21 accused under section 164 of the Criminal Proceeding Code.

The state side presented 164 witnesses before the court. Of them, 60 are eyewitnesses.

Seven people, including Narayanganj City Corporation councillor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker, were abducted from the Dhaka-Narayanganj link road on April 27 in 2014.

Later, their bodies were found floating in the Shitalakkhya River.

Nazrul's father-in-law Shahidul Islam alleged that Rab personnel abducted and killed Nazrul in exchange for Tk 6 crore from local ward councillor Nur Hossain.