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Himu murder verdict August 14

A Chittagong court rescheduled to deliver verdict in the case of Himadri Majumdar Himu on Thursday, who was allegedly killed by his friends in 2012 for protesting against drug trading.In this connection, Additional public prosecutor Anupam Chawkrabarty told that court activities would remained suspended today as a ‘full court reference’ will be held in memory of several lawyers.A German Doberman was let loose on Himu, 18, an A-level student of Summerfield School and College in Chittagong, before he was pushed off from a four-storey building in Panchlaish area on April 27, 2012.He succumbed to his injuries at a Dhaka hospital on May 23. A day later, his maternal uncle Asit Das filed a murder case with Panchlaish police station accusing five persons.The accused are Junaid Ahmed Riad and his father Shah Selim Tipu, Zahedul Islam Shaon, Shahadat Hossain Shaju and Mahbub Ali Khan Danny.Tipu, Danny and Saju are in police custody while Riad is on the run, police sources said.After securing bail, Shaon, too, went into hiding.