District and Sessions Judge Dilip Kumar Bhowmik set the date on Tuesday after the end of the hearing of arguments. Public Prosecutor Shafiqul Islam said he hoped the defendants would be given the maximum punishment, death penalty. Another suspect, Chandan Kumar Roy, is on the run while the other one 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 at his home several times. We will move the High Court if the verdict does not come in our favour,” he said.

Source: bd News24 November 19, 2019 18:56 UTC