Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Government appeals possible in BDR mutiny case

The Dhaka Tribune reports that the authorities are considering appealing an acquittal and one sentence to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny case. Excerpt:
The High Court has acquitted the former ward-level leader of Dhaka City Awami League, Torab Ali, of conspiracy charges and commuted the death sentence of Zakir Hossain to life imprisonment over the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) revolt in 2009. 
Torab and former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu were among those handed life terms in the Pilkhana carnage trial, although Pintu died of cardiac arrest in prison in 2015. 
Zakir Hossain is the son of former BDR member, Nayek Subedar Kanchan Ali
The reasons behind Torab’s acquittal and commuting of Zakir’s punishment could not be known as the full text of the High Court’s verdict is yet to be published. 
Deputy Attorney General KM Zahid Sarwar Kazal told the media that they were thinking of moving the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court against the Torab’s acquittal and Zakir’s life-term.

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