Court Correspondent :
A court of Sylhet yesterday sentenced four persons to death for killing writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy Das of in 2015.
The death sentenced convicts are Abul Khaer Rashid Ahmed, Abul Hossain alias Abul Hussain, Harunur Rashid and Faisal Ahmed.
Sylhet Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal Judge Nurul Amin Biplob delivered the verdict. The court also acquitted Shafiur Rahman Farabi as allegations brought against him was not proven. He was present in the court.
Earlier around 12:30pm, Farabi and Abul Khaer, now in jail custody, were brought to the court while the rest people are on the run.
Ananta was brutally killed on May 12, 2015 near his Subidbazar residence of Sylhet when he was on his way to work along with his sister.
Later, banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) claimed responsibility for the murder.
Ananta’s brother Ratneswar Das filed a murder case with Sylhet Airport Police Station accusing some unnamed persons the next day. Later, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was given the responsibility of investigation.
On October 18, 2016, Arman Ali, Inspector of CID and also the
Investigation Officer of the case, pressed the charge sheet while the court rejected it and ordered CID to reinvestigate the case and file a supplementary charge sheet, which was later filed on May, 2017.
Another charge-sheeted accused, Mannan Yahya, the lone accused who confessed to the court admitting his involvement in the murder. Later, he died on November 2 in 2017 after he fell ill at Dhaka Central Jail.
