Mahbubur to die for killing Ranada Prasad

Staff Correspondent: Mahbubur Rahman has been awarded with death penalty for killing Ranada Prasad Saha in 1971.

A three-member bench of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) headed by Justice Md Shahinur Islam announced the verdict on Thursday.

The convicted Mahbubur Rahman is now in jail. The prosecution filed three charges including abduction and murder of the prominent social worker Ranada Prasad Saha, arson attack, and genocide.

Accused Mahbubur Rahman hails from Boiratipara of the Mirzapur upazila of Tangail.

Ranada Prasad Saha was founder of the Kumidini Welfare Trust.

 

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