2 drivers, 1 helper of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan get life term

A Dhaka court has sentenced two drivers and a helper of two buses of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan to life term imprisonment in a case filed over the death of Diya and Rajib, who were killed in a fatal road crash on Airport Road in Dhaka.

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Imrul Kayes on Sunday pronounced the verdict acquitting owner Jahangir Alam and helper Enayet of the transport company as allegations brought against them could not be proved.

The convicts are drivers of the two buses Masum Billah and Zobair Sumon and helper Kazi Asad. Asad is absconding. 

Earlier November 14, judge Imrul Kayes fixed December 1 to hand down the judgment after prosecution and defense concluded their respective arguments in the case.

A total of 37 out of 41 witnesses have testified before the court in the case. 

Diya Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim Rajib, first year students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College, were killed and 10-15 others wounded as a bus of ‘Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan’ ploughed through some students in front of Kurmitola General Hospital on July 29 in 2018.

Their tragic end on road angered the students across the country, including Dhaka, and they took to the streets protesting the incident, demanding safe roads and seeking exemplary punishment of the persons responsible for the accident.

Victim Mim’s father Jahangir Alam, later, lodged a case with Dhaka Cantonment Police Station in this connection.

Kazi Shariful Islam, investigation officer of the case and inspector of detectives, submitted charge sheet against the accused before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on September 6, 2018.