Convicts have burst into tears as the verdict was announced in the murder case of Dr Narayan Chandra Dutta Nitai, an assistant professor at the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital, who was killed in 2012. In the dock on Sunday, they clamoured and protested, insisting on their innocence after the court sentenced them to death for the doctor’s killing at his home. Four others were handed prison terms until their death, while another convict was sentenced to life in prison. Among the 10 convicts, Nitai’s driver, Kamrul Hasan Arun, along with Masum Mintu, Sayed Bepari, Bokul Mia and Sayed Mizi, were handed the death penalty and fined Tk 10,000 each. On the night of Aug 23, 2012, he was killed at his home in the hospital’s residential area in Mohakhali.

Source: bd News24 August 17, 2025 10:58 UTC