A Khulna court on November 8 convicted two people
and sentenced them to death in the case over the killing of 12-year- old boy
Rakib.
The convicts are M Omar Sharif and Mintu Khan.
Khulna Metropolitan (City) Sessions Judges Court
acting Judge Dilruba Sultana gave this verdict at around 12.50pm when the
accused were produced before the court in the morning.
The court also acquitted Beauty Begum as the
allegation brought against her could not be proved.
Earlier, on November 1, a Khulna court had fixed
November 8 to pass the judgment on the much-talked about Rakib murder case.
After hearing the judgment, Rakib’s mother became
unconscious. “The departed soul of Rakib will get peace when the verdict would
be executed”, said Rakib’s father Nur Alam Hawlader in his reaction following
the verdict.
A total of 38 prosecution witnesses, out of 40 of
the murder case, were placed for arguments in the Rakib murder case that began
from October 11 in the presence of 3 accused.
On August 3, Rakib, who used to work at a motorcycle
garage at Tutpara Central Road in Khulna city, was tortured to death allegedly
by his former employer over quitting job. On August 4, Nur Alam Hawladar,
victim’s father, filed a case with Khulna Sadar Police Station against three
people-M Omar Sharif, Mintu and Beauty Begum—after the brutal killing.
On August 25, Sub-Inspector Mostafa Ahmed, also the
investigation officer of the case, submitted charge sheet against the three
accused. The metropolitan magistrate had accepted the charge-sheet and
immediately transferred the case to the Khulna Metropolitan and Sessions Judge
court.
On October 5, the charge on the Rakib murder case
was framed.
On October 28, the allegation was read out in the
presence of the accused, but the accused of the murder case had claimed
themselves innocent.
“It is the first ever judgment in the history of
Bangladesh as the trial has been completed within three months and five days
only”, said Prosecution Lawyer Sultana Rahman Shilpi in his reaction about the
verdict.
Expressing her satisfaction over the judgment,
Shilpi said the verdict would bring more confidence of the people on the
judicial system of the country. “The trial has proved that the criminals would
not go away after committing the crime”, said prosecution lawyer Advocate
Mominul Islam also a coordinator of Manobadikar Bastabayan Sangstha of Khulna
branch.
On August 3, 2015, a 12-year-old boy Rakib, son of
Nur Alam Hawlader of Tutpara Central Road area, was brutally tortured to death
by pumping air from a compressor into his abdomen through his anus. Rakib was
working at a motorcycle garage in Tutpara graveyard area of the Khulna
Metropolitan city. (Source: BSS, November 08, 2015)