Court Correspondent :
The verdict in the blogger and writer Avijit Roy murder case has been decided to be delivered today (Tuesday).
Judge Md Majibur Rahman of the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal of Dhaka is set to read out the verdict in the case. Six members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam are accused the case.
They are Sayed Mohammad Ziaul Haque alias Maj (sacked) Zia, Akram Hossain, Abu Siddiq Sohel, Mozammel Hossain Saimon, Arafat Rahman Siam and Shafiur Rahman Farabi.
Of them, Major Zia and Akram are on the run, while the rest are behind bar.
On February 26, 2015, US-based Bangladeshi blogger Avijit Roy and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya were hacked near the TSC of Dhaka University by a gang of assailants when the couple was walking out of the Ekushey Boi Mela. Later, Avijit died in the hospital while Bonya was injured seriously.
