Appeal filed seeking death penalty for Oishee

Staff Correspondent: An appeal petition has been filed with the Appellate Division seeking death penalty for Oishee Rahman for killing her parents--police officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman--in 2013.

A lawyer on behalf of the state filed the petition on Monday.

Earlier, the High Court sentenced her life term.

Judge Syed Ahmed of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 sentenced Oishee Rahman to death for killing her parents. The tribunal also fined her Tk 20,000.

Besides, the tribunal sentenced Mizanur Rahman Rony to two years’ imprisonment and fined him Tk 5,000, in default, to suffer one month more jail while acquitted Asaduzzaman Johny.

On August 16, 2013, police recovered the bodies of SB Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman from their Chamelibagh residence in the capital.

Later, Oishee surrendered to police confessing to her involvement in the killing.


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