The High Court will deliver its verdict next month on the death references and appeals filed by the killers of Old Dhaka tailor Biswajit Das. A Dhaka court sentenced eight Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists to death and 13 others to life imprisonment on December 18, 2013 for killing Biswajit. The convicts moved the High Court against the verdict while the death references were sent to the court for approval. Chhatra League activists claimed they had mistaken Biswajit for an opposition activist. The incident near Bahadur Shah Park in Old Dhaka was caught on camera and triggered a massive outpouring of anger across Bangladesh.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 17, 2017 09:11 UTC