Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday started the hearing of death reference and appeals of the condemned convicts of the sensational killing of 12-year-old Rakib Hawladar by pumping air into his rectum in
Khulna in 2015. The HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Md Jahangir Hossain started the hearing.
On the first day of hearing, Deputy Attorney General Jahirul Haque Jahir submitted the paper-book of the case.
On November 8 in 2015, Khulna Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court handed down death penalty to two persons, Md Omar Sharif and his uncle Mintu Mia, for killing Rakib.
On August 3, 2015, Rakib’s former employer Md Omar Sharif and his uncle Mintu Mia stripped the boy naked, inserted a high-pressure air pump nozzle into his rectum and filled the body with air. Rakib’s intestines were torn apart and lungs burst as air filled the abdomen, which left him dead.
The killing incident sparked outrage all over the country. The death references of Rakib killing case reached the HC on November 10, 2015.
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday started the hearing of death reference and appeals of the condemned convicts of the sensational killing of 12-year-old Rakib Hawladar by pumping air into his rectum in
Khulna in 2015. The HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Md Jahangir Hossain started the hearing.
On the first day of hearing, Deputy Attorney General Jahirul Haque Jahir submitted the paper-book of the case.
On November 8 in 2015, Khulna Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court handed down death penalty to two persons, Md Omar Sharif and his uncle Mintu Mia, for killing Rakib.
On August 3, 2015, Rakib’s former employer Md Omar Sharif and his uncle Mintu Mia stripped the boy naked, inserted a high-pressure air pump nozzle into his rectum and filled the body with air. Rakib’s intestines were torn apart and lungs burst as air filled the abdomen, which left him dead.
The killing incident sparked outrage all over the country. The death references of Rakib killing case reached the HC on November 10, 2015.
