The High Court has upheld death sentence for 15 people, including three sacked RAB officials and ex-city councillor Nur Hossain, in the two cases filed over the Narayanganj seven-murder. On May 22, the High Court started hearing the death references and appeals of 26 death-row convicts in two cases filed over incident. On May 7, the paper book and all documents related to the murder cases were sent to the High Court. Narayanganj City Corporation councilor Nazrul Islam along with his three companions and driver were kidnapped allegedly by a team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-11 on April 27 in 2014. Later, Nazrul Islam’s widow Selina Islam Beauty filed a case over the incident while Advocate Chandan Sarkar’s son-in-law filed another case.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 22, 2017 05:50 UTC