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Landmark verdict: HC provides convict probation option under 3 conditions
The High Court on Sunday overturned an appeal seeking cancellation of a five years jail sentence for a convict in a narcotics case, but allowed him to stay with his elderly mother and care for her under three conditions.
HC asks BWDB engineer to surrender within 3 weeks
The High Court on Sunday asked a Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) engineer to surrender within three weeks.
RNPP contractor gets bail from highest court
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a High Court order that had granted bail to a government contractor in a case filed for graft in purchasing furniture and other household products for the officials and employees of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.
10-year-old rape victim finally gets justice
The gruesome rape crime committed by a madrasah super against a 10-year-old student in Sharankhola upazila could have been settled through a rural arbitration like what is usually done in many other rape incidents in Bangladesh but this time the victim’s father dared to move the court to secure justice for her daughter.
Covid certificate scam: HC denies bail to Dr Sabrina
The High Court has denied bail to JKG Healthcare Chairperson Dr Sabrina Sharmin Hussain in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 test reports and fraud.
Laxmipur double murder: Condemned convict hanged at Kashimpur Jail
A condemned convict was hanged on Sunday night at Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur for killing his pregnant wife and two-year-old daughter in 2006.
RNPP procurement scam: Bail of contractor stayed
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday stayed a High Court order that had granted bail to a contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed for graft in purchasing furniture and other household products for the officials and employees of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.
Irfan Salim, bodyguard put on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed suspended councilor Irfan Selim, also son of Awami League leader Haji Selim and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah on a two-day fresh in a case filed over assaulting a navy official.
NSU student Payel murder: 3 sentenced to death
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced three men to death for killing North South University student Saidur Rahman Payel.
Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Judge Abu Zafar Mohammad Kamruzzaman handed down the verdict in presence of the convicts.
The convicts are -- ‘Hanif Paribahan’ bus driver Jamal Hossain, his assistant Foysal Hossain and supervisor Md Jony.
Fifth semester NSU student Payel, son of Golam Mawla of Halishahar in Chattogram, was found dead in a canal at Bhaterchar in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj on July 23, 2018.
A case was filed against three people, the driver, helper and supervisor of ‘Hanif Paribahan’ bus, at Gazaria Police Station the next day.
Jony, the supervisor, confessed to his involvement in the killing after his arrest from Motijheel. Police later arrested bus driver Jamal and helper Faisal from Arambagh in the capital.
On April 2 last year, a tribunal framed charges against the trio and finished hearing arguments on October 4.
On July 25, 2018, Jony gave a detailed account of the murder. He told the court that the Dhaka-bound bus from Chattogram was stuck in a tailback at Bahterchar on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in the early hours of July 22, 2018.
At that time, Payel got down from the bus to respond to the call of nature. As the bus started moving when the traffic jam eased, Payel started running to catch the bus.
The driver eventually stopped the bus but Payel’s head was smashed after it got stuck in the gate and he fell onto the road. He was unconscious and bleeding from his mouth and nose.
Later, the supervisor informed the bus driver about the situation. After a brief discussion, the trio threw Payel into the canal from a nearby bridge around 4:30am while he was still breathing.
Other passengers on the bus were asleep at the time of the incident.
The autopsy report said Payel drowned after being thrown into the canal.
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