US EditionBangladesh court upholds death sentence of 20 students in 2019 murder case
- The High Court upheld the death sentences of 20 students for the 2019 murder of Abrar Fahad over his political views, as reported by the High Court's ruling on March 16.
- Fahad was killed by 25 fellow students who were members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, according to the Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman.
- Fahad's father expressed satisfaction with the High Court's ruling, indicating a hope for swift legal procedures to implement the verdict.
- Four of the convicts sentenced to death remain on the run after escaping from prison, according to the Attorney General.
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Bangladesh High Court upholds death penalty for 20 BUET students in 2019 lynching case
All the convicts, students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), belonged to the now disbanded Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League.
Bangladesh HC upholds 20 students' death penalty for lynching university mate
DHAKA, Mar 16: The High Court on Sunday upheld a trial court verdict handing down the death penalty to 20 students of an elite university here for beating to death a fellow second-year student over his alleged political affiliation in 2019. Court officials said the two-judge bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain pronounced the verdict simultaneously wrapping up the hearing on the mandatory death reference and convict…
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