Judge Md Majibur Rahman of the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal in Dhaka passed the order.
The death row convicts are- Ansar Al Islam’s top commander Sayed Ziaul Haque alias Maj (sacked) Zia, killing 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 Hossain alias Hasib.
Earlier on January 24, Judge Md Majibur Rahman of the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal in Dhaka fixed the day after conclusion of arguments from both the prosecution and the defence.
Public Prosecutor (PP) of the Tribunal Ghulam Sarwar Khan Zakir said, “We expected that all the accused would get capital punishment as the prosecution has been able to prove charges.”
Of them, Zia and Akram are still at large while the six others are in jail.
A total of 23 out of 26 prosecution witnesses including complainant of the case testified before the court.
On November 15, 2018, Detective Branch (DB) of police submitted a charge sheet against the eight while the trial started on October 13, 2019.
According to the case, Faisal Arefin Dipon, 43, the publisher of Jagriti Prokashoni, was hacked to death at his office in the capital’s Shahbagh on October 31, 2015. He was son of noted educationist and Dhaka University’s Professor Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq.
The publishing house had published books written by writer-blogger Avijit Roy, who had also been murdered on the campus of Dhaka University eight months before the murder of Dipan.
(Source : Online Desk)
