District and Sessions Judge Dilip Kumar Bhowmik passed the much-awaited verdict on Thursday after hearing all sides of arguments. The six other convicts to be hanged are Kader’s aide Md Shamsuzzoha, chauffer Abdul Hannan, Mehedi Hasan, Shaheen Mia, Anwarul Islam Rana and Chandan Kumar Roy. Roy is on the run while the other suspect, Subal Chandra Roy, died in prison during trial. On the evening of Dec 31, 2016, unidentified assailants shot the ruling party MP from Gaibandha-1 (Sundarganj) constituency. Kader, a retired army officer and the former MP from the same constituency, had masterminded the killing “to clear his path for election”, police said.

Source: bd News24 November 28, 2019 06:11 UTC