2 to die for killing FF Abdul Hai

A Dhaka court has sentenced two people to death and another to life imprisonment in a case filed for killing freedom fighter (FF) Abdul Hai, 66, in Narsingdi. 

Judge Monir Kamal of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-3, passed the order on Tuesday. 

The court also acquitted three people in the case. 

The death-row convicts are Hai’s stepbrother Jakir Hossain and his cohort Amzad Hossain.

On March 26, 2016, the accused hacked Hai in front of the garden of Elite Mehdi at Birajnagar village in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi.

Later, he was rushed to Shibpur Upazila Health Complex and died while undergoing treatment. 

Hai’s elder son Riman Miah filed a case with Shibpur Police Station in the incident. On December 22, 2017, Inspector Syed Mizanur Rahman submitted the charge sheet against them.