Death sentence of 20 BUET students upheld

The High Court has upheld the death sentence of 20 BUET students and life imprisonment of the five others in Abrar Fahad murder case.

An HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain passed the order on Sunday (March 16).

Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman, Deputy Attorney General KB Rumi, Jahirul Islam Sumon, Nur Mohammad Azmi, Assistant Attorney General Barrister Sumaia Aziz stood for the state during the hearing.

Advocate Masud Hasan Chowdhury, Azizur Rahman Dulu, family members of the victim Abrar Fahad attended in the court room.

Earlier on October 7, 2019, Abrar was beaten to death by leaders and activists of the then-BUET unit of the BCL reportedly over his posts on Facebook criticising the government’s deals with India. The killing sparked nationwide protests.