Staff Reporter :
The verdict in a case lodged over the murder of Jagriti Prokashani publisher Faisal Arefin Dipon will be delivered today.
On January 24, Judge M Mujibur Rahman of Anti-terrorim Special Tribunal fixed the date after hearing the closing arguments from both sides.
The tribunal on October 13, 2019, framed charges against eight members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in the case.
On November 15 in 2018, investigation officer and detective branch assistant police commissioner Fazlur Rahman submitted the charge sheet against the eight accused.The accused are sacked Army Major Ziaul Huque, 50, Moinul Hasan Shamim, 24, Md Abdus Sabur, 23, Khairul Islam, 24, Md Abu Siddique Sohel, 34, Md Mozammel Hossain Saimon, 25, Md Sheikh Abdullah, 27, and Akram Hossain alias Hasib, 28.
Of the eight, six already have given confessional statements in the case.
Jagriti Prokashani publisher Dipon was hacked to death at his Aziz Super Market office on 31 October 2015 2016. His wife Razia Rahman filed the case on that day with Shahbagh Police Station.
