Three death-row convicts in the murder of Gopal Krishna Muhuri, the principal of Chattogram’s Nazirhat College, will now serve prison time until death, according to a new order issued by the Appellate Division.
A virtual appellate bench led by Justice M Imman Ali on Tuesday issued the order on the nearly 19-year-old case, commuting the death sentence for the convicts.
Tasleem Uddin Montu, Azam and Alamgir Kabir alias Baitta Alamgir were the convicts who received the death penalty in the case, reports bdnews24.com.
Deputy Attorney General Amit Das Gupta, who represented the state at the court, said: “The death sentences were reduced to prison time until death. The decision will be made public once the verdict is published. A short order is out today.”
On November 16, 2001, Principal Muhuri, 60, was shot dead at his own home at Chattogram city’s Jamal Khan Road by Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists, five weeks after the four-party alliance came to power.