2 bus drivers among 3 get life term over deaths of Diya, Rajib

A Dhaka court has sentenced three people to life term imprisonment over the death of college students Diya and Rajib, who were killed in a road accident on the Airport Road in Dhaka in 2018.

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Imrul Kayes delivered the verdict on Sunday afternoon in presence of the four convicts.

The lifers are 'Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan' bus drivers Masum Billah and Jubayer Sumon, and their assistant Kazi Asad, who is now absconding. The court also fined them Tk 50,000 each. In default, they will have to suffer six months more in jail. 

At the same time, the court acquitted the bus owner Jahangir Alam and another assistant Enayet Hossain from the charges.

Earlier this morning, the four accused were produced before the court for the verdict. 

Diya Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim Rajib, both first year students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College, were killed and nine others wounded as a bus of 'Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan' ploughed through some students in front of Kurmitola General Hospital on July 29, 2018.

The tragic deaths sparked strong protest across the country as the student came out on the streets with their demands of safe roads and exemplary punishment to those responsible for the accident.

Diya's father Jahangir Alam, later, lodged a case with Dhaka Cantonment Police Station, in this connection.

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