BDR carnage case: Judges unanimous on punishment

Attorney General says


FE Team | Published: November 26, 2017 18:10:23 | Updated: November 26, 2017 21:42:13


BDR carnage case: Judges unanimous on punishment

The three judges of the High Court bench are unanimous on sentencing the judgement on BDR carnage case.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam made the remarks while talking to newsmen at the Supreme Court on Sunday.

"It was one of the monstrous crimes in the history. The verdict and the case as well would become an example," the attorney general said.

The chief state counsel said the presiding judge, Justice Md Shawkat Hossain first read out his part of observation.

The other members of the bench are Justice Md. Abu Zafor Siddique and Justice Md. Nazrul Islam.

"Pronouncing the full text will take more time," Mahbubey Alam said.

The High Court on April 13, kept the judgement on CAV, Curia Advisari Vult (a Latin legal term meaning court awaits verdict), after conclusion of hearing on the matter.

According to BSS, third additional metropolitan sessions judge's court on November 5, 2013, sentenced 152 persons to death and 160 others to life-term imprisonment.

According to the trial court, all of them were proved beyond doubt directly involved in the 2009 BDR carnage that killed a total of 74 people including 57 top and mid ranking army officers.

The trial court had passed the judgement after examining 654 out of 1,354 prosecution witnesses in the biggest criminal case in the history of the country.

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