State seeks death to all five accused
The state side on the concluding day of their argument yesterday sought capital punishment to all the five accused in the case filed for raping and killing law student Rupa Khatun on a moving bus.
The argument was completed at the court of Abul Mansur Miah, acting judge of Tangail Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal.
The court has fixed Sunday and Monday (February 4 and 5) for argument of the defence side.
Special Public Prosecutor (PP) AKM Nasimul Akter continued the argument for two and a half hours.
Nasimul told the court that a total of 27 witnesses, including the accuser and investigation officer of the case, and the doctor who conducted autopsy of the body and the senior judicial magistrates who recorded confessional statements of the accused under Section 164, gave their statements in the court.
Highlighting the statements of the witnesses, he said all the witnesses in their statements described the incident properly.
The accused have given their confessional statements under Section 164 admitting their involvement with the incident, the special PP said.
The PP at the court sought capital punishment (death penalty) of all the accused after saying that they were able to prove the allegations brought against the accused.
Human Chain
Meanwhile, Manobadhikar Ainjibi Parishad (Human Rights Lawyers Council) in Tangail formed a human chain on the court premises in the town yesterday, demanding capital punishment to the accused.
Speakers at the rally also demanded speedy trial of the case.
The district unit Manobadhikar Ainjibi Parishad President Advocate S Akbar Khan, Bangladesh Manobadhikar Bastobayon Sangstha district General Secretary Advocate Ataur Rahman Azad, Advocate Golam Mostafa and Rupa's elder brother Hafizur Rahman Pramanik spoke at the rally.
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