Shahidul Islam alias Shahid, 42, the convicted killer of Scholastica student Shazneen Tasnim Rahman, was hanged at Kashimpur High Security Central Jail on Wednesday night. Five relatives, including Mahidul, met Shahid at the jail earlier in the day, said jail sources. On April 23, 1998, Shazneen Tasnim Rahman, a grade IX student of Scholastica School in Dhaka and daughter of Transcom Group chairman Latifur Rahman, was raped and murdered at her residence. On July 10, 2006, the High Court upheld the death penalty of five convicts and acquitted carpenter Shaniram Mandal of all charges. Later, four of the convicts filed a leave-to-appeal with the Supreme Court against the High Court order that was granted by the Appellate Division on April 26, 2009.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 29, 2017 16:30 UTC