File photo of RU Prof Dr AKM Shafiul Islam | UNBThe court also acquitted eight other accused in the caseA Rajshahi court has awarded the death penalty to three people in a case filed over the killing of Rajshahi University teacher Prof Dr AKM Shafiul Islam in 2014. The court also acquitted eight other accused in the case as the prosecution failed to produce sufficient evidence against them. On November 15, 2014, unidentified assailants stabbed Prof Shafiul to death when he was returning home in Choddopai area of Rajshahi city. The next day, the incumbent RU registrar filed the murder case accusing unknown persons. On November 30, 2015, Inspector Rezaus Sadik of police's Detective Branch submitted the charge sheet accusing 11 people in the case.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 15, 2019 08:26 UTC