The High Court has confirmed the death penalty for five activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League in a case filed over the murder of Jahangirnagar University student Zubair Ahmed in 2012. A High Court bench of Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha and Justice Mustafa Zaman delivered the verdict on Wednesday. The death-row convicts are Khandaker Ashiqul Islam alias Ashik, Jahid Hasan and Khan Mohammad Rois alias Sohan of zoology at the same university, Rashidul Islam Raju of philosophy, and Mahbub Akram of government and politics. The four are Avinondon Kundu Avi, Md Kamruzzaman alias Sohag, Md Majharul Islam and Md Shafiul Alam alias Setu. “We are satisfied as the High Court reaffirmed the death penalty for five accused.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 24, 2018 10:30 UTC